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The airport location is at 4233 Santa Anita Ave El Monte, CA 91731 and covers 103 acres (0.42 km 2) at an elevation of 295.6 feet (90.1 m). [1] Its single runway, 1/19, is 3,995 by 75 feet (1,218 m × 23 m). In 2021 the airport had 87,640 aircraft operations, average 240 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% air taxi, <1 commercial, and <1% military.
The airport is located in Burbank, and serves the heavily populated areas of northern Los Angeles County. It is the closest airport to the central and northeastern parts of L.A. (including Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles ), Glendale , Pasadena , the San Fernando Valley , the Santa Clarita Valley , and the western San Gabriel Valley .
According to ICAO, airport diagrams shall show coordinates, field elevations, runways, aprons, taxiways, hot spots, taxiway routes, air transit routes, lighting, air traffic control (ATC) service boundary, communication channels, obstacles, slope angles, buildings and service areas, VOR checkpoints, and movement area permanently unsuitable for aircraft.
El Monte is served by Metro, Foothill Transit, and the city-operated El Monte Transit. Metro's J Line ends at El Monte Station. Train service to El Monte is provided by Metrolink's San Bernardino Line, which stops at the El Monte station. Interstate 10 traverses El Monte. San Gabriel Valley Airport, a general aviation airport, is located in El ...
The airport is named after Brigadier General William J. Fox, "a Marine war hero, a movie stunt man, the first Los Angeles County engineer and, for 20 years after his retirement, a cowboy." [ 2 ] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. [ 3 ]
In the year ending January 31, 2016, the airport had 119,034 aircraft operations, average 325 per day: 99% general aviation, <1% military and <1% air taxi. 276 aircraft are based at the airport: 89% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.
The airport was founded as Whiteman Air Park in 1946 on a farm by pilot Marvin Whiteman Sr. as a non-tower controlled, private airport. Later, Whiteman Manufacturing Co. was built on the airport's west side. In 1970, the airport was purchased by the County of Los Angeles. During the 1980s, the name was changed to "Whiteman Airport", but it is ...
The state marker for the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park is located at 3564 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte, CA 91731. The City of El Monte held a ceremony to dedicate the Santa Fe Trail Historical Park on June 2, 1989. [1] [2] El Monte built the (now closed) Santa Fe Trail Historical Park in 1989, near Valley Blvd and Santa Anita Ave.