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Our primary base facility at the Watsonville airport has a full selection of the best tours and entertainment experience available on the north side of the Monterey Bay. From this facility you can enjoy a Whale watching tour, scenic tour, aerobatic airplane ride, beach tour or just relax in our lounge and watch aircraft take-off and land. Here you can stroll around our facility to observe some of our other services in action. You will see students learning to fly helicopters and airplanes and see a helicopter being serviced to name a few. It's always interesting to visit and we enjoy talking with guests, so don't be afraid to ask a few questions and look around while at our Watsonville facility. We look forward to the visit.

See below for the most popular tours from our Watsonville base location. 

TOURS FROM WATSONVILLE AIRPORT

SANTA CRUZ TOUR - $119

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Points of Interest

  • Pajaro Watershed
  • Manresa State Beach
  • Aptos Beach
  • The Cement Boat (USS Palo Alto)
  • Capitola Beach and Wharf
  • East Cliff Dr.
  • Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor
  • Twin Lakes
  • Pleasure Point
  • Beach Boardwalk 
  • Santa Cruz Wharf
  • Steamer's Lane
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse
  • Cowell's Beach
  • Downtown Santa Cruz
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The Santa Cruz tour is our most popular tour. You will will depart from the Watsonville airport straight for the beach and then wrap slowly around the North side of the bay with your turn around point at the Santa Cruz lighthouse.

 

MONTEREY TOUR - $199
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Points of Interest

  • Downtown Monterey
  • Fisherman's Wharf
  • Defense Language Institute
  • Lover's Point
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Naval Post Graduate School
  • Fort Ord
  • Moss Landing
  • Pajaro Watershed
  • Elkhorn Slough
  • Salinas River
  • Marina State Beach
  • CSUMB

Flight time ~ 35 minutes

Best chance to see jellyfish and sun fish

Makes a perfect sunset tour

See the Strawberry fields and where 90% of North America gets it artichokes

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Take your self and a few friends out for a stroll on the beach, but this time use a helicopter. Enjoy a trip along the shoeline all the way up to Monterey and Cannery row.

BIG SUR TOUR - $349
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Points of Interest

  • Downtown Monterey
  • Fisherman's Wharf
  • Defense Language Institute
  • Lover's Point
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Naval Post Graduate School
  • Pacific Grove
  • Carmel by the Sea
  • Carmel Beach
  • Los Padres National Forest
  • China Cove
  • Rocky point
  • Monastery Beach
  • Carmel River
  • Point Sur Lighthouse
  • Bixby Creek Bridge

Flight time ~ 66 minutes

Best flown early morning or late afternoon

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This is our longest and best tour. Big Sur offers the passengers a once in a lifetime cruise down the California coastline from a birds eye view.

CARMEL TOUR - $259
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Points of Interest

  • Downtown Monterey
  • Fisherman's Wharf
  • Defense Language Institute
  • Lover's Point
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Naval Post Graduate School
  • Pacific Grove
  • Carmel by the Sea
  • Carmel Beach
  • China Cove
  • Rocky Point
  • Monastery Beach
  • Carmel River
  • Point Sur Lighthouse

Flight time ~ 45 minutes

Great anytime tour.

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What a value. Float over the pristine coastline of the Carmel and Pacific Grove area. See most of the area's golf courses and spectacular meeting of land and sea.

 

SKY HIGH TOUR - $33
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Points of Interest

  • Pajaro Water Shed
  • Manresa State Beach
  • Sunset Beach
  • Coastal Water

This ride is a perfect way to see how you will feel in a helicopter.

Great for kids.

Great bargain group activity.

Flight time ~ 5 minutes

Perfect for the quick thrill at an unbeatable price

Makes for the perfect first date

Based on ride time, this flight costs less than a ride on a roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

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BEST ENTERTAINMENT VALUE IN CALIFORNIA- BEST FIRST DATE IDEA EVER! This tour is a fabulous way to enjoy the "TOP OF THE MONTEREY BAY", and at a price that is totally unequaled in value. Jump in for a fast ride to 1000' over the Monterey Bay and then float along the coastline for a few minutes while you soak up all of the beauty this region has to offer. 

CUSTOM TOUR - $299

If our regular tours don't fit your needs, then custom is what you want! Create your own tour!

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  • Work with our staff to design your own special tour
  • Engagement tour
  • Fly over your home
  • Burial at Sea (ash spreading)

Price is based on $299 per person per hour (30 minute minimum)

Up to 3 passengers

Contact us for a quote for larger groups

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We fly the Mayor and you too!

With so many unique places to see around the Monterey Bay area, we could never make a standard tour for each location. That's why we have the custom Tour option. Just tell our staff what you would like to do and they will create a custom tour just for you.

CAPITOLA TOUR -$85

 

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Points of Interest

  • Pajaro Water Shed
  • Sunset State Beach
  • Aptos Beach
  • Manresa State Beach
  • Capitola By the Sea
  • USS Palo Alto, The Cement Boat
  • Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary
  • Marine Wild Life

Flight time ~ 15 minutes

Great Tour to see the Great White Shark, Dolphins, Seals, Whales close to shore during a feeding frenzy.

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The Capitola tour offers our passengers the chance to fly over one of the best places to see tons of marine animals feeding. This tour commonly gets a chance to see the Great White Shark, Dolphin, Whales ( when they move close to shore), fish (see the massive bait balls), birds, seals and more. 

ELKHORN SLOUGH-$85

 

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Points of Interest

  • Largest tract of tidal salt marsh
  • Sea Otters
  • Elkhorn Slough website
  • Coastal Dunes
  • 1700 Acre reserve

 

Flight time ~ 15 minutes

 This tour is beautiful and a guest favorite

Perfect as a beggining or end to a day at Elkhorn Slough.

Sky Safari upgrade this tour and get a person guided tour from the air with a local Elkhorn Slough naturalist as your personal guide.

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The Elkhorn Slough is California's largest tract of tidal salt marsh. This huge 1700 acre reserve is home to marine birds, mammals and fish including sea otters, seals, sharks and many others. See the Elkhorn Slough.org website for much more detail on the great things going on in and around this geouguos region right here on the centeral coast.

You will be amazed at this fantastic and rare region as you soar over the water ways and see the thousands of "fingers" as they stretch out and cut through the landscape.

SKY SAFARI UPGRADE OPTION: Join us on a sky safari over the region as we take a local Elkhorn slough naturalist with you on this flight as your private guide.

Customer Testimonials

"The experience was amazing. Got to fly along the breathtaking Santa Cruz coastline, with picture
perfect weather"
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Tour Information

  • Prices listed are per person
  • Buying 2 seats insures a flight date and time, single seat purchases must wait to accomany other passengers
  • There are no age restrictions and children under 2 years of age can ride on a parent's lap
  • Car seats are welcome
  • Maximum weight is 290 pounds per seat
  • Every seat is a window seat
  • Remember your camera
  • If you would like to fly over your house, just ask your pilot
  • In order to modify the tour route, you may need to extend the time of the flight. Please inquire when booking your flight.
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