El Monte Airport (IATA: EMT, ICAO: KEMT, FAA LID: EMT) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of El Monte, a city in Los Angeles County, California, USA. The airport covers 103 acres (42 ha) and has one runway.
Famous quotes containing the words monte and/or airport:
“...we were at last in Monte Cristo’s country, fairly into the country of the fabulous, where extravagance ceases to exist because everything is extravagant, and where the wildest dreams come true.”
—Willa Cather (1876–1947)
“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)