Departure
95%
vs 95%
MY FS FLIGHTS
MY FS FLIGHTS
Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY), still marked on some charts and in local usage as Monterey Peninsula Airport, sits on the Monterey Peninsula in California and combines scheduled airline service with a busy general-aviation base. It offers a long ILS-equipped runway alongside a shorter parallel strip, all within Class C airspace under a Federal Air Traffic Control Tower, making it a useful and instructive stop for a simulator pilot flying the Central California coast.
Monterey Regional Airport lies on the Monterey Peninsula in California and serves as the region's combined commercial and general-aviation gateway. The field has two parallel runways: a long, ILS-equipped primary runway used by airline traffic and a shorter general-aviation runway alongside it. It is operated by the Monterey Peninsula Airport District, a California public agency, and is staffed by a Federal Air Traffic Control Tower, giving simulator pilots the chance to practise operations in controlled Class C airspace alongside airline movements.
The airport lies within Class C airspace at an elevation of 217 feet, at coordinates 36.587 N, 121.843 W, on the Monterey Peninsula in California. Approach and departure control in the surrounding airspace is provided by NORCAL Approach/Departure.
Monterey Regional has two physical runway pairs. The primary runway, 10R/28L, is 6,982 feet long, hard-surfaced, lit, and equipped with an ILS. The secondary general-aviation runway, 10L/28R, is 3,491/3,492 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, but without an instrument approach.
Air traffic is worked on the Tower/CTAF frequency 118.4 MHz, with Ground on 121.9 MHz. ATIS is broadcast on 119.25 MHz, and clearance delivery is on 135.45 MHz. NORCAL Approach/Departure is available on 127.15 MHz, and UNICOM is on 122.95 MHz. Precision instrument approach procedures are available to the primary runway, which carries an ILS.
Monterey Regional operates under a Federal Air Traffic Control Tower within Class C airspace, so arriving and departing traffic should expect to work the Tower on 118.4 MHz and coordinate with NORCAL Approach/Departure on 127.15 MHz before entering the airspace.
The airport's origins trace back to 1910, when flights operated from the polo field of the Hotel Del Monte on the Monterey Peninsula. The airport itself was established in 1936. In 1941 local communities formed the Monterey Peninsula Airport District, a California public agency, and acquired land to build a proper airfield. The Second World War intervened, and the U.S. Navy leased the site, opening Naval Auxiliary Air Station Monterey on 23 May 1943. The field operated as Monterey Peninsula Airport for decades before being renamed Monterey Regional Airport on 14 September 2011.
Monterey Regional Airport is a non-hub commercial service airport, currently served by five major airlines including Alaska, Allegiant, American, United and, seasonally, JSX. It retains a strong general-aviation presence alongside scheduled airline operations, supported by its Federal Air Traffic Control Tower and precision instrument approach procedures. The airport is presently undergoing a multiphase Safety Enhancement Program, part of the wider "MRY Metamorphosis" redevelopment, with a new terminal complex due to open in summer 2027.