# Monterey Regional Airport (MRY / KMRY)

**Monterey Regional Airport** (IATA: MRY, ICAO: KMRY) is a medium airport in Monterey, California, United States. It opened in 1936. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,175 ft (2,187 m). In 2025 it handled 650 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmry

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MRY / KMRY
- FAA: MRY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Monterey, California, United States
- Opened: 1936
- Elevation: 257 ft / 78 m
- Coordinates: 36.5868, -121.8442
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,175 ft / 2,187 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 650,192 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.montereyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Regional_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612524
- Weather station: KMRY
- Ident: KMRY

## Timeline

- 1936: Monterey Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10R/28L | 7,175 ft / 2,187 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |
| 10L/28R | 3,503 ft / 1,068 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 113° / 293° | yes |

- 10R/28L slopes 1.4%: threshold 10R at 158 ft / 48 m, threshold 28L at 257 ft / 78 m.
- 10L/28R slopes 1.7%: threshold 10L at 198 ft / 60 m, threshold 28R at 256 ft / 78 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00271AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 377,034 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 359,590 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 382,723 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 393,414 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 372,530 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 467,404 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 173,383 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 376,794 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 460,963 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 519,732 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 611,300 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 650,192 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

7 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 267 mi / 429 km · Delta Connection
- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · United States · 375 mi / 604 km · Alaska Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 606 mi / 975 km · Delta Connection
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 751 mi / 1,208 km · Alaska Airlines
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,427 mi / 2,297 km · American Airlines

### Seasonal (2)

- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 597 mi / 961 km · American Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,841 mi / 2,962 km · United Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MRY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (4)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 2
- AA [American Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-airlines) · 2
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 2
- UA [United Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-airlines) · 1 · seasonal

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 650K (2025) | #996 of 3,974 | #243 in North America | #169 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,175 ft / 2,187 m | =3,363 of 29,858 | =758 in North America | =566 in US |
| Elevation | 257 ft / 78 m | =32,425 of 43,403 | =14,854 in North America | =12,511 in US |
| Age | Opened 1936 | =649 of 15,079 | =134 in North America | =117 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NORCAL APP/DEP | 127.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.250 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 135.450 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.400 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksns.md) Salinas Municipal Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [SJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjc.md) Mineta San Jose International Airport · 54 mi / 87 km
- [NUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knuq.md) Moffett Federal Airfield · 58 mi / 94 km
- [PAO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpao.md) Palo Alto Airport · 62 mi / 100 km
- [SQL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksql.md) San Carlos Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · 77 mi / 124 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Monterey Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monterey_Regional_Airport&oldid=1376542796), revision of 24 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmry/data
