San Gabriel Valley Airport
EMT · KEMT · El Monte, California · Los Angeles County · map
San Gabriel Valley Airport is a public-use airport owned by CO of Los Angeles, 1 mile north of El Monte, California, 296 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,995 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 93 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 90,604 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for San Gabriel Valley Airport?
Its FAA code is EMT, and its ICAO code is KEMT.
Where is San Gabriel Valley Airport?
It is 1 mile north of El Monte, California, 296 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at San Gabriel Valley Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,995 feet long, asphalt.
Does San Gabriel Valley Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at San Gabriel Valley Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from San Gabriel Valley Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Carlsbad. Every route
Are there flight schools at San Gabriel Valley Airport?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Mt San Antonio College and Rv-6A Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to San Gabriel Valley Airport?
37 pilot examiners and 48 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for San Gabriel Valley Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EMT · ICAO KEMT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- CO of Los Angeles
- Elevation
- 296 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,995 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 290 ft, 3,465 ft available for landing, pole 18 ft high 350 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 641 ft, 3,354 ft available for landing, pole 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.2 | El Monte |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Emt and aWOS-3PT | 118.75 | El Monte |
| Ground | 125.9 | El Monte |
| Approach and departure SW-NORTH | 125.5 | El Monte |
| Class C airspace · Seter and star · Ziggy and star NORTH-NE | 127.0 | El Monte |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone (626) 444-1107.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Fullerton Municipal (13 nm south), Brackett Field (13 nm east), Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (17 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 19, medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 01 +6 feet fence 120 feet R of centerline; +6 feet fence 120 feet left and parallel to centerline 0-200 feet from end of runway.
- +2 feet fence 75 feet right of centerline at threshold to 0 feet right of centerline at 200 feet.
- Approach ratio 35:1 to displaced threshold; approach ratio 33:1 to displaced threshold over +45' power line OB 1490' from displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 48:1 to displaced threshold.
- Remain over paved channel on climb out to south and to north.
- Heavy bird activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Lighted water tower 1 MI W-SW of airport.
- (E81) cntr taxiway lights only.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from EMT in those twelve months, carrying 4 passengers in 8 seats (50% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Gabriel Valley → Carlsbad EMT–CLD | 1 | 4 | Scott Aviation, LLC ... |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 87 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 90,604, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 182 |
| general aviation, travelling | 30,138 |
| general aviation, local | 60,089 |
| military | 195 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in El Monte from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in El Monte, California: 27 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Mt San Antonio College 4 aircraft · Walnut, 11 miles away
- Rv-6A Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · San Dimas, 13 miles away
- Right Rudder Flight Training LLC 4 aircraft · La Verne, 14 miles away Right Rudder Aviation is a full-service FBO at Inverness Airport (KINF) in Florida offering 24-hour fuel (100LL and Jet A), hangar and tie-down storage, maintenance, and aircraft sales and leasing.
- Glendale Community College 3 aircraft · Glendale, 14 miles away
- Skylogix Aircraft LLC 3 aircraft · La Verne, 14 miles away Skylogix Aviation is an FAA-authorized flight school based at Brackett Field Airport (KPOC) in La Verne, California.
Charter operators and airlines based in El Monte:
- Universal Aviators Academy INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in El Monte:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
37 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 36 for private pilot, 32 for commercial and instrument, 13 for airline transport pilot, 23 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 31 for airplanes, 17 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 48 aviation medical examiners, 12 mechanic examiners, 10 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 34 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 37 training center evaluators, 6 training center examiners.
- Andrew Joseph Strack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Fullerton Municipal Airport · Fullerton, CA (13 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · [email protected]
- James Mason Reid private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brackett Field / KPOC- Mt Sac Aviation (Collge Aviation ) · La Verne, CA (13 nm) · (909) 973-7213 · [email protected]
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flight Test Prep Fullerton · Fullerton, CA (13 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · [email protected]
- Russell Calverley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Mount San Antonio College of Aviation · La Verne, CA (13 nm) · (909) 489-8589 · [email protected]
- Brandon Joseph Kuchmecki private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorba Linda, CA (16 nm) · (714) 296-1455 · [email protected]
- Anthony James Gadis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Upland, CA (17 nm) · (909) 215-0461 · [email protected]
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (17 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · [email protected]
- Christopher Robert Kaplan private pilot; airplanes · Vmc Aviation · Upland, CA (17 nm) · (916) 990-7626 · [email protected]
All 198 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 38 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in El Monte 36 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- Universal Aviators Academy INC 15 aircraft in town
- Mission Flight 7 aircraft in town
- Universal Aviators Academy INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mt San Antonio College 4 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Rv-6A Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Right Rudder Flight Training LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Ara Aviation INC · repair station
- Carlsbad (CLD) 1 flights in twelve months · Scott Aviation, LLC d/b/a Silver Air
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 38 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EMT.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.