Private charter to & from Monterey

Monterey was California’s capital under Spanish and Mexican rule, and later a sardine-canning center made famous by John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. Today the peninsula’s economy rests on tourism, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and a group of institutions that includes the Naval Postgraduate School and the Defense Language Institute. The neighboring Salinas Valley, often called the Salad Bowl of the World, supplies much of the country’s lettuce and greens, and Pacific Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pebble Beach complete the peninsula.

Monterey is about two hours from San Francisco and five or more from Los Angeles by car, and Monterey Regional Airport sits just a few minutes from downtown, Carmel and the gates of Pebble Beach. That makes it a natural private flight for golfers headed to Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, and for collectors during Monterey Car Week each August, when the airport is one of the busiest private aviation destinations in the country. Visitors also come for the aquarium, the tide pools of Point Lobos and the drive south along Highway 1 into Big Sur.