Monterey Peninsula Airport

Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY) sits 3 miles east of downtown Monterey, California, in the Monterey Peninsula. The field handles modest commercial service (Alaska, United, American) and a substantial flow of business aviation, particularly the Pebble Beach / Carmel-by-the-Sea resort circuit, the Monterey wine country, and the structural event-driven demand around the Concours d'Elegance (August), the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (February), the Monterey Jazz Festival (September), and Laguna Seca racing weekends. The two runways at KMRY (10R/28L 7,616 ft, 10L/28R 3,514 ft) handle heavy and most ultra-long-range business jets on the longer 10R/28L. Three FBOs (Monterey Jet Center, Million Air, and Del Monte Aviation) handle business movements. Field elevation is 257 feet, no density-altitude concerns. The dominant operational considerations are summer marine-layer effects (Monterey is one of the foggier California coastal airports), and the structural extreme ramp pressure during the Pebble Beach Concours weekend — KMRY ramp space is genuinely at capacity for that week each August, and brokers book FBO slots six to twelve months in advance. Ground time to Pebble Beach / Carmel is 15–20 minutes; downtown Monterey is 10; Big Sur is 30–60 minutes south on Highway 1.