Hollister Municipal
CVH · KCVH · Hollister, California · San Benito County · map
Hollister Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hollister, 3 miles north of Hollister, California, 231 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,350 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCVH · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCVH 062155Z AUTO 30009KT 10SM CLR 38/09 A2983 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CVH · ICAO KCVH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hollister
- Elevation
- 231 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,350 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,149 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 06: hill 65 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 24: VASI, two boxes on the left, road 15 ft high 510 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.525 | |
| Cvh and aWOS-3 | 120.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 831-636-4394.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Hollister from the FAA register
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Hollister, California: 55 piston singles, 4 gliders, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Model aircraft club conducting flight operations 3 miles wnw of airport heading of 290 degrees from airport surface to 500' above ground level.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 24, 13, and 31; VASI runway 24; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for helicopters 500 feet above ground level.
- Amgr at airport MON-FRI 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- Fuel available 24 hours credit card lock system.
- Caution - watch for fire fighting aircraft may through oct.
- Glider activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Recommend pilots to begin runway 31 takeoff roll at or beyond the thld (past taxiway B).
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.