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.
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| This was my view from the Alaska Lounge in LAX terminal 6 |
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| I was getting water and heard a familiar voice and it was Al Michaels. He's in the sunglasses. |
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| View of AS 737-800 from the lounge |
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| Part of the lounge |
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| View of the bar area in the lounge |
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| Walking out to my Q400 |
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| It's rare to walk out to your plane at LAX |
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| View from seat 20A, the last |
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| Adequate legroom for a short 1 hour 15 min flight |
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| Full flight |
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| Leaving terminal 6 |
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| A Qatar 777-200LR in from Doha |
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| Flying over the SF bay and SFO in the distance |
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| The Golden Gate Bridge |
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| Another Alaska Q400 from Seattle |
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| 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.
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| My plane was the only one here |
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| Using the rear stairs again |
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| The flight was about half full |
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| Leaving the terminal |
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| Making a U-turn south |
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| Got to love free beer and wine on Horizon |
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| Landing with a United 737-800 |
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| Foggy and cold evening at LAX |
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| One last look at my plane |
