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Hanford Municipal

HJO · KHJO · Hanford, California · Kings County · map

Hanford Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hanford, 1 mile southeast of Hanford, California, 240 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,179 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).

Weather right now KHJO · observed 2:53 pm PDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind calm
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 97°F (36°C), dew point 51°F (11°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 KHJO 062153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 36/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP101 T03610106

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 HJO · ICAO KHJO
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Hanford
Elevation
240 feet above sea level
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
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
San Francisco sectional
Magnetic variation
14E
In the FAA's files since
April 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1432N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
14/325,179 × 75 ftAsphalt, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the right, road 17 ft high 245 ft from the end
  • Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Approach and departure · Clearance delivery123.9
Hjo and automated weather (ASOS)134.75

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 559-585-8076.

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 Hanford from the FAA register

46 aircraft are registered to owners in Hanford, California: 34 piston singles, 4 drones, 3 turboprops, 3 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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:

Central Valley Flight School LLC 3Kings Mosquito Abatement District 2Grimmius Air LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 1 fatal

2015-01-25WPR15CA093 · Flight Design GMBH Ctls N559KC · accident · no injuries
2008-11-22WPR09CA044 · Cessna T210M N732XS · accident · no injuries
2006-04-06LAX06CA137 · Cessna 170A N5561C · accident · no injuries
2000-03-30LAX00FA144 · Commander 114 N516CA · accident · 4 killed

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

  • After dark activate runway end identifier lights runway 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Fuel SELF-SERVICE available 24 hours.
  • PAPI runway 32 unusable beyond 2 NM.

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.