MRY at a glance
Published airport facts and public business listings help you identify the right contacts before requesting aircraft-specific quotes.
- FAA location identifier
- MRY Source
- ICAO identifier
- KMRY Source
- FAA associated city
- Monterey Source
- FAA county
- Monterey County Source
- Airport elevation
- 256.6 ft MSL Source
- Facility use
- Open to the public Source
- Ownership type
- Publicly owned Source
- Physical runway 10L/28R
- 3,503 x 60 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 10R/28L
- 7,175 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- FAA owner record
- MONTEREY PENIN ARPT DIST Source
FAA NASR cycle effective October 1, 2026; next cycle October 29, 2026. Physical runway dimensions are not declared distances or an aircraft suitability determination. Use current charts, notices and qualified operator guidance for flight planning.
Airport management & official information
Monterey Peninsula Airport District
200 FRED KANE DR., SUITE 200, MONTEREY, CA, 93940
831-648-7000
Public-source directory checked 2026-10-28. Confirm current services, contacts and availability directly. An airport listing does not establish aircraft suitability or a relationship with Jaken Finance Group.
FBOs & aviation businesses
Start with the providers’ published locations and the airport’s business directory. Compare written proposals for the exact aircraft and services you need.
Monterey Jet Center
300 Sky Park Drive, Monterey, CA 93940
831-373-0100Company site and airport district directory confirm this FBO.
Del Monte Aviation
100 Sky Park Drive, Monterey, CA 93940
831-373-4151Current company site and airport district directory confirm the Monterey FBO. Current company domain replaces the old dma-mry.com directory URL.
The directory is informational. Categories describe published services; no ranking, service guarantee, FAA certificate determination or endorsement is implied. Ask each provider about current capability, availability and contract terms.
Evaluate Monterey Regional Airport as a home base or recurring destination for the actual aircraft, passengers and schedule.
Distinguish a destination from a permanent base
Monterey may be a recurring destination for an aircraft based elsewhere, or a potential home base for a local owner. Those uses require different agreements and budgets. The airport district's general-aviation page lists full-service FBO resources; confirm current provider arrangements directly and request terms tailored to annual storage, seasonal visits or a small number of overnight trips.
Make special dates explicit in the quote
If travel is tied to a meeting, sporting event or other fixed date, provide that date before comparing service proposals. Ask about reservations, cancellation, parking, ground transport and after-hours support. Do not generalize an ordinary-day quote to every event period, and do not invent a claim that space is scarce or available. The provider must state what it is offering.
Separate coastal access from aircraft capability
The flight department should review current airport information, weather and the proposed mission using authoritative resources. A finance resource must not claim that a manufacturer's published range or a photograph at Monterey guarantees the buyer's intended trip. Compare Monterey with other bases only after the operator evaluates aircraft-specific requirements and the real ground destinations.
Carry both fixed and visit-based costs
For a based aircraft, obtain storage, access, towing and service terms. For recurring visits, model handling and parking by trip, then add any empty repositioning. Keep these expenses distinct from loan payments. Maintain records supporting the actual aircraft location and use for the Monterey County assessment discussion; a vacation-property address is not enough to conclude aircraft tax treatment.
Build a base-comparison worksheet
Use an MRY-versus-SBP-versus-SJC worksheet only for trips where those alternatives genuinely serve the owner's destinations and the flight team has screened the aircraft. Compare annual base, recurring visits and date-specific event visits separately. Ask providers for the actual reservation, cancellation, parking and ground-transfer terms for each case. Keep maintenance positioning, alternate travel and service availability visible. Do not treat a directory's full-service label as evidence that every aircraft model or event period is supported. A signed annual space offer and an unconfirmed transient inquiry belong in different evidence categories.
Confirm the local reporting and contract roles
The airport district's administration and provider contacts are distinct from Monterey County aircraft assessment. Ask who controls storage rights, who invoices airport charges and which official records support the actual aircraft-location pattern. If the owner uses Monterey only for visits, avoid describing it as the permanent base without evidence. Obtain the relevant assessor or adviser guidance rather than infer assessment treatment from a vacation residence, annual event attendance or the district's service description.
Compare your basing alternatives
Use this worksheet to request like-for-like evidence for the actual aircraft and recurring trips. Blank or unconfirmed items remain decisions to investigate, not implied airport capabilities.
| Decision variable | MRY evidence | Alternative evidence | Owner priority / unresolved question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual passenger ground itinerary | Obtain current route estimate | Use the same dates and destinations | No fixed transfer-time promise |
| Storage rights and availability | Signed offer, conditional offer or inquiry | Record the same evidence category | Do not price unavailable space as confirmed |
| Airport and provider charges | Request itemized current proposal | Match aircraft and annual activity | Identify excluded or unquoted items |
| Operating and noise review | Current source and qualified operator review | Use each airport's own rules | Distinguish mandatory and voluntary only when verified |
| Assessment and records | Ask the appropriate assessor or adviser | Document actual changed basing facts | No automatic situs or exemption conclusion |
Your next-step checklist
- Is the proposal for annual basing or transient visits?
- Which reservation and cancellation terms apply to our dates?
- What repositioning assumptions are in the budget?
Sources & further reading
Primary sources support the relevant facts. Our planning questions and illustrative exercises are editorial analysis; they do not replace transaction-specific advice.
- Monterey Regional Airport — official source 1 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Monterey Regional Airport — official source 2 · accessed 2026-10-28
- FAA NASR · APT_BASE.csv; ARPT_ID=MRY · accessed 2026-10-28
- Monterey Jet Center · published location / directory entry · accessed 2026-10-28
- Del Monte Aviation · published location / directory entry · accessed 2026-10-28