Landing in Ontario (ONT) 26 May 2018

UA5453 SFO-ONT
EMB 175 on Rwy 26R
Lovely midday approach, my first into the Inland Empire of Southern California. First we passed just north of the San Gabriel Mountains over Victor Valley before taking a sharp right turn over San Bernardino and down into Ontario. The airport itself is quite a sight; handling barely half the amount of passengers since its peak in the mid 2000s (the area was hit particularly hard during the Great Recession) the terminal was much larger than necessary for the traffic. The halls echoed in front of closed store fronts, like that dead mall where everyone used to go. Hopefully the area will recover and see at least some of its past glory.

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I lived in SoCal and ONT was our main airport. But as of March this year, I'm in Mesa Arizona. I leave out of Phoenix Sky Harbor.

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