I had a very quick trip up to Sonoma for just one night. I chose to fly Alaska Airlines because they have non-stops to Santa Rosa from LAX. They have only 1 flight per day to Orange County (SNA) and I couldn't make the flight times work with my schedule. I haven't flown on Alaska in ages and these Santa Rosa flights are actually operated by Horizon Air Q400s, which is an aircraft that I have never flown on before. It turned out to be a very comfortable plane. My flight left around 1:30p.
This was my view from the Alaska Lounge in LAX terminal 6 |
I was getting water and heard a familiar voice and it was Al Michaels. He's in the sunglasses. |
View of AS 737-800 from the lounge |
Part of the lounge |
View of the bar area in the lounge |
Walking out to my Q400 |
It's rare to walk out to your plane at LAX |
View from seat 20A, the last |
Adequate legroom for a short 1 hour 15 min flight |
Full flight |
Leaving terminal 6 |
A Qatar 777-200LR in from Doha |
Flying over the SF bay and SFO in the distance |
The Golden Gate Bridge |
Another Alaska Q400 from Seattle |
At STS they deplane through both front and rear doors |
I was done in Sonoma around 4:00p and was at the STS airport by 4:30p. My flight wouldn't leave until about 6:00p. So I ate dinner at the restaurant at the airport. They didn't let people through security until after 5:30p. There is nothing past security except a waiting room, restrooms, 2 vending machines, and a shadeless patio. It was in the low 90's that day and was too hot to stand outside.
My plane was the only one here |
Using the rear stairs again |
The flight was about half full |
Leaving the terminal |
Making a U-turn south |
Got to love free beer and wine on Horizon |
Landing with a United 737-800 |
Foggy and cold evening at LAX |
One last look at my plane |