San Gabriel Valley Airport Explained

San Gabriel Valley Airport
Iata:EMT
Icao:KEMT
Faa:EMT
Owner:Los Angeles County
Operator:Los Angeles County.
City-Served:El Monte, California
Elevation-F:296
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:3,995
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2021)
Stat1-Data:87,640
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2021)
Stat2-Data:93
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Opened:April 1944

San Gabriel Valley Airport (formerly El Monte Airport) is a public airport 1miles north of El Monte, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. In November 2014, its name was changed from El Monte Airport to San Gabriel Valley Airport.[2]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023 categorized it as a regional reliever general aviation facility.[3]

Facilities

The airport location is at 4233 Santa Anita AveEl Monte, CA 91731 and covers 103acres at an elevation of . Its single runway, 1/19, is NaNfeet.

In 2021 the airport had 87,640 aircraft operations, average 240 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, <1 coommercial, and <1% military. In December 2021, 93 aircraft were based at this airport: 87 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 5 helicopter.

Notes and References

  1. , effective September 7, 2023.
  2. News: Airfield in El Monte christened as San Gabriel Valley Airport during air fair. Day. Brian. November 16, 2014. Pasadena Star News. November 16, 2014.
  3. Web site: NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A . . July 10, 2020 . 20 . October 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181012054118/https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/NPIAS-Report-2019-2023-Appendix-A.pdf . October 12, 2018 . live .