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 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 90,604 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
2 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET SIERRA 6E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent B737 at 1,000 ft, 17 nm south, 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC): a routine report.
- urgent E75L at 500 ft, 92 nm southeast, 9:39 am PDT (16:39 UTC): a routine report.
- EXP at 1,300 ft, 2 nm southwest, 10:58 am PDT (17:58 UTC): a broken layer above 1,800 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ONT, 22 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 20 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 19 kt, 4 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 21 kt, -1 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 26 kt, -13 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3635 DISNEYLAND THEME PARK, ANAHEIM,, CA 15 nm south · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 87 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 5 |
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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.
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
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; 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 · andrewjstrack@gmail.com
- 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 · navalairpwr@roadrunner.com
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flight Test Prep Fullerton · Fullerton, CA (13 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · mcjesch@gmail.com
- 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 · 4dperuss@gmail.com
- Brandon Joseph Kuchmecki private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Yorba Linda, CA (16 nm) · (714) 296-1455 · bkuchmecki@gmail.com
- Anthony James Gadis private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Upland, CA (17 nm) · (909) 215-0461 · swift3214k@gmail.com
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (17 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · brianpetschauer@hotmail.com
- Christopher Robert Kaplan private pilot; airplanes · Vmc Aviation · Upland, CA (17 nm) · (916) 990-7626 · chriskaplan.safety@gmail.com
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.
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
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.
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
- Ara Aviation INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 38 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 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 27,552 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 9, 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.