Tweed/New Haven Airport
HVN · KHVN · New Haven, Connecticut · New Haven County · map
Tweed/New Haven Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of New Haven, 3 miles southeast of New Haven, Connecticut, 13 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,600 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHVN · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 10 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 33°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KHVN 061953Z 30010G16KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP175 T01610006 $
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 HVN · ICAO KHVN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of New Haven
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 999 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 36 ft high 1,400 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.8 | New Haven |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 133.65 | New Haven |
| Clearance delivery · Ground When hvn tower closed | 121.7 | New Haven |
| Approach and departure · Denna and star | 124.075 | New Haven |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 203-466-6205.
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 New Haven from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in New Haven, Connecticut: 8 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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 Connecticut.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 3 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect. Departing runway 20, right and left turn made only aft passing shoreline.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 02; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for all aircraft except military, government, emergency and med.
- Pattern altitude: 999 feet above ground level reciprocating eng, 1499 feet above ground level turboprop/jet.
- Tgl operations pmtd 7:00 am to 10:00 pm MON-SAT; 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Sunday.
- Avoid CLOSE-IN base legs and short approaches landing runway 20.
- Flight notification service (adcus) available.
- Extensive hop SFC-10000 feet WI 20 MI nnw.
- Wildlife fqtly on or in the vicinity of airport.
- Transient parking on east ramp only.
- Paew adjacent to all operates surfaces daylight hours APR-OCT.
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.