Monterey Regional
MRY · KMRY · Monterey, California · Monterey County · map
Monterey Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Monterey, California, 257 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10R/28L, is 7,175 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 152 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 57,591 takeoffs and landings a year. About 290,824 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KMRY · observed 2:54 pm PDT (21:54 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 200 feet VFR
- At times between Wed 3:00 am PDT (10:00 UTC) and 7:00 am PDT (14:00 UTC): visibility ¼ mile, fog, overcast at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 8:00 am PDT (15:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 3 miles, mist, a broken layer at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 300 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMRY 062154Z 36005KT 10SM CLR 19/15 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP128 T01890150
TAF KMRY 061727Z 0618/0718 25003KT P6SM SKC FM070600 03003KT 6SM BR SCT002 TEMPO 0710/0714 1/4SM FG OVC002 FM071500 VRB03KT 3SM BR BKN002 FM071700 32004KT P6SM SCT003
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MRY · ICAO KMRY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 257 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,500 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 7,175 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 3,503 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 175 ft, 7,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 28L: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 175 ft, 7,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 10L: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 28R: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.4 | Monterey |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.25 | Monterey |
| Clearance delivery | 135.45 | Monterey |
| Ground | 120.875 | Monterey |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 136-360 mry | 127.15 | Monterey · All radials off mry airport. |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace 001-135 mry | 133.0 | Monterey · All radials off mry airport. |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Monterey |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 831-643-6841.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 57,591, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Monterey from the FAA register
66 aircraft are registered to owners in Monterey, California: 53 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 4 business jets, 3 piston twins, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 10R, runway end identifier lights runway 28L, PAPI runway 10L, 10R, 28L and 28R, high-intensity runway lights runway 10R/28L - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed runway end identifier lights runway 10L and 28R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10L/28R unavailable.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 389 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 10R.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) 389 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 28L.
- Sustainable aviation fuel (saf) available.
- Runway 10L/28R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Unusable beyond 2 degrees L of runway centerline and WI.75 NM of runway threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Rotary wing aircraft expect to follow fixed wing pattern to runway landing.
- On departure no turns below 900 feet unless air traffic control directed.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Aircraft with wingspan greater than 95 feet may not taxi past the terminal on taxiway alpha when an MD-80 or 757 is parked at terminal.
- The control tower NON-VISIBILITY area taxiway alpha east holding bay.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.