Santa Monica Airport Flea Market

Held in the midst of a very busy working airport, this flea markets’ lengthy stretch of vintage and antique goods is directly across the street from a parking lot for vintage and antique planes. With almost nothing brand new, (the key exception being purveyors of ornately beaded objects) the Santa Monica Airport flea market is specifically catering to shoppers looking to buy exceptional old goods. Though not necessarily a feature of this flea market, many sellers carry an abundance of wall art, paintings and prints, including, on one recent Sunday, two very different large-scale drawings of topless mermaids. Home furnishings are abundant, with lamps, chairs, tables and more from every decade of the last century.