San Gabriel Valley Airport (formerly El Monte Airport) is a public airport north of El Monte, in

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, United States. In November 2014, its name was changed from El Monte Airport to San Gabriel Valley Airport. The

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for 2019–2023 categorized it as a regional reliever general aviation facility.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of . Its single runway, 1/19, is . In 2018 the airport had 89,307 aircraft operations, average 245 per day: >99%

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, <1%

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, and <1% military. In June 2020, 104 aircraft were based at this airport: 96 single-engine, 17 multi-engine, and 5

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* Airports in Los Angeles County, California El Monte, California {{California-airport-stub