Monterey Regional Airport
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| Operator | Monterey Peninsula Airport District | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Monterey, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 257 ft / 78 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°35′13″N 121°50′35″W / 36.58694°N 121.84306°WCoordinates: 36°35′13″N 121°50′35″W / 36.58694°N 121.84306°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | montereyairport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Monterey Regional Airport (IATA: MRY, ICAO: KMRY, FAA LID: MRY) is three miles (5 km) southeast of Monterey, in Monterey County, California, USA. It was created in 1936 and was known as the Monterey Peninsula Airport until the board of directors renamed it on September 14, 2011.
The airport is owned by the municipalities that make up the Monterey Peninsula Airport District. It is a public entity and its five-member board of directors is publicly elected.
The airport has its origins with flights from the polo field of the Hotel Del Monte in 1910. In 1941, local communities formed the Monterey Peninsula Airport District and acquired land to build an airport. World War II intervened, and the U.S. Navy leased the land, opening Naval Auxiliary Air Station Monterey on May 23, 1943. The Navy remained at the airport until 1972.
Monterey-Salinas Transit is the public ground transit organization.
The airport covers 597 acres (242 ha) and has two runways:
Allegiant Air is the only airline serving Monterey with large mainline jets, such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 that flies nonstop to Las Vegas. Allegiant planned to fly Boeing 757-200s nonstop to Honolulu starting in November, 2012; due to low demand the flight never started.
In 1933 Pacific Seaboard Air Lines scheduled passenger flights on single engine Bellanca CH-300s, two daily round trips Los Angeles - Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles - Monterey - Salinas - San Jose - San Francisco. Pacific Seaboard later moved its operation to the eastern U.S., was renamed Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and become a domestic and international airline that in 1953 was acquired by and merged into Delta Air Lines.
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