Brookhaven Airport
HWV · KHWV · Shirley, New York · Suffolk County · map
Brookhaven Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Brookhaven, 1 mile north of Shirley, New York, 81 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,222 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHWV · observed 2:56 pm EDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 12 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KHWV 061856Z AUTO 33012G18KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP182 T01560011
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 HWV · ICAO KHWV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Brookhaven
- Elevation
- 81 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1943
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,222 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 4,201 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,349 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 126 ft high 1,671 ft from the end
- Runway 06: ILS, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 118 ft high 1,446 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 54 ft high 302 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 133.2 | |
| Approach and departure | 120.05 | |
| Hwv and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.625 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 631-399-7095.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Shirley from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Shirley, New York: 7 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 glider. 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 New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 4 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
- Glider operations daylight hours.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 06; runway end identifier lights runways 24, 15, and 33; PAPI runways 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runways 06/24 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fees vary. See airport website for more information.
- Gliders use right traffic pattern for runways 24 and 33; gliders use left traffic pattern for runways 06 and 15
- Upper air observation balloons launched 3 MI north of airport 0600 and 1800.
- Pilots be aware when conducting practice ILS approaches: extensive light aircraft training on and in the vicinity of airport all hours.
- Deer all areas of airport especially at night.
- Overnight ramp parking $5.00.
- Extensive parachute jumping activity in the vicinity of airport.
- All taxiway lights operates.
- Tgl on holidays, weekends and NON-DALGT hours not recommended.
- Relocated threshold is taxiway Z1
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.