Hayward Executive
HWD · KHWD · Hayward, California · Alameda County · map
Hayward Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hayward, 2 miles west of Hayward, California, 52 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10R/28L, is 5,694 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KHWD · observed 12:54 pm PDT (19:54 UTC), 41 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 58°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KHWD 061954Z 24005KT 10SM CLR 26/14 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02610144
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 HWD · ICAO KHWD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hayward
- Elevation
- 52 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- 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, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 5,694 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 3,108 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10R: VASI, four boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 826 ft, tree 40 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 28L: localizer with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 676 ft
- Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,085 ft from the end
- Runway 28R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.2 | Hayward |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 126.7 | Hayward |
| Clearance delivery | 128.05 | Hayward |
| Ground | 121.4 | Hayward |
| Tower (secondary) | 118.9 | Hayward |
| Approach and departure | 124.4 | Hayward |
| Approach (secondary) | 125.35 | Hayward |
| Approach (secondary) | 134.5 | Hayward |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hayward |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 510-786-3052.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hayward from the FAA register
87 aircraft are registered to owners in Hayward, California: 64 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 5 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. 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 · 49 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
- When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 10R/28L preset low intst; to increase intst activate - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed VASI runway 10R and 28L oper sunset to sunrise; PAPI runway 10L and 28R, runway end identifier lights runway 10R and 28L unavailable.
- Includes 1 amphibian.
- <pattern altitude: 600'AGL except runway 10L-28R 800'AGL.
- Available at SELF-SERVE island.
- Strength limited by strength of connecting taxiways.
- Approach ratio 45:1 from displaced threshold.
- When the control tower closed runway 10L/28R closed.
- Runway 10R has landing distance remaining signs (lighted) north side of runway.
- Runway 28L has landing distance remaining signs (lighted) south side of runway.
- Flocks of birds feeding along the shoreline, creek areas and at the golf course to the north, on occasion may fly across various parts of the airport.
- Transient helicopter traffic use helipads west of green ramp located at base of the control tower.
- 155 feet energy complex exhaust stack 1 1/2 NM southwest of airport. Do not overfly energy complex facility below 1,000 feet above sea level.
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.