August 17, 2019 - San Gabriel Valley/El Monte
Landed here at San Gabriel Valley airport for the first time. It used to be called
El Monte airport; in fact, ATC still refered it as El Monte on radio calls.
Was cleared to land at Rwy. 19 after being handed off from SoCall App (124.6). I found
the runway and ramp well marked and in good condition. Parked at the transient parking in front
of the terminal building. Chain tie-downs were "newish".
The AC inside the terminal building was a welcome relief from the
hot weather outside. The terminal building is spacious, clean with well maintained restrooms. It also
has a restaurant -- Annia's Kitchen. It looks popular by the number of customers. But it closes
at 3:00pm, so I didn't get a chance to try it.
Line personnel waived my transient overnight parking fee since I ordered fuel from the truck.
On departure, ground provided me flight following squawk code and SoCal Departure frequency (124.6).
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| Just landed, parked at the transient area and unloaded my luggages. Tie downs were newish tie-down chains. |
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| Fuel station near the transient parking. |
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| Transient parking is in front of the terminal building. |
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| The lounge inside the terminal is spacious, clean and comfortable. The restroom was well maintained. The AC is a welcome relief from the hot weather outside. |
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| Entrance to the restaurant -- Annia's Kitchen. It just closed when I arrived at 3pm; when I returned the following day, the place was crowded; must be a popular restaurant. I got to try eating here next time. |
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| The El Monte terminal building viewed from the parking lot. |
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| That's Six Flag Magic Mountain viewed at 8,500 fteet. |
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| Flying over Pyramid Lake; I'm not sure how many times I've taken this picture everytime I fly over. |
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| I believe this is the first time I've hit 140kts flying the Archer, thus worth documenting. |