Half Moon Bay Airport
HAF · KHAF · Half Moon Bay, California · San Mateo County · map
Half Moon Bay Airport is a public-use airport owned by San Mateo County, 5 miles northwest of Half Moon Bay, California, 66 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,000 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KHAF · observed 1:15 pm PDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 3 knots, visibility ½ mile, fog, overcast at 300 feet LIFR
- From Tue 12:00 pm PDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 6 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 300 feet VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 11 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 300 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 3 knots, visibility 2 miles, mist, a broken layer at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 12:00 am PDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 2 knots, visibility ½ mile, fog, overcast at 200 feet LIFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHAF 062015Z AUTO 32011KT 8SM CLR 17/16 A2993 RMK AO2
TAF KHAF 061727Z 0618/0718 31003KT 1/2SM FG OVC003 FM061900 32006KT 6SM BR SCT003 FM062200 32011KT 6SM BR SCT003 FM070300 32003KT 2SM BR BKN002 FM070700 02002KT 1/2SM FG OVC002
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 HAF · ICAO KHAF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- San Mateo County
- Elevation
- 66 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 933 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 752 ft, trees 70 ft high 1,390 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 762 ft, trees 70 ft high 2,478 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.1 | |
| Haf and aWOS-3 | 127.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 650-728-5649.
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 Half Moon Bay from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Half Moon Bay, California: 16 piston singles, 7 balloons, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 6 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
- Field CONDS-RWY, taxiway and apron good.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30, runway end identifier lights runway 30, PAPI runways 12 and 30 - 122.8.
- Director of public works: tory a. Newman
- Fuel available 24 hours self service.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 50:1.
- Approach ratio to displaced threshold 50:1.
- Airport noise sensitive areas northwest through northeast.
- Taxiways, aprons and tie-downs: 12,500 pounds maximum.
- Unexpected turbulent conditions may be enctrd while on fna to runway 12.
- Avoid flying directly over the pillar point air force station.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.