Cape Cod Gateway Airport
HYA · KHYA · Hyannis, Massachusetts · Barnstable County · map
Cape Cod Gateway Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Barnstable, 1 mile north of Hyannis, Massachusetts, 54 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,425 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHYA · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 62°F (17°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:30 pm EDT (20:30 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHYA 061956Z 27009KT 10SM CLR 17/02 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP147 T01670022 $
TAF KHYA 062030Z 0621/0718 29012KT P6SM SKC FM062200 29006KT P6SM SKC FM070200 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM071500 21009KT P6SM SKC
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 HYA · ICAO KHYA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Barnstable
- Elevation
- 54 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,425 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,255 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 406 ft, 5,019 ft available for landing, tree 17 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), rr 20 ft high 400 ft from the end
- Runway 15: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), power line 146 ft high 5,175 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 150 ft, 5,105 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Hyannis |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 123.8 | Hyannis |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 120.125 | Hyannis |
| Clearance delivery | 125.15 | Hyannis |
| Ground | 118.45 | Hyannis |
| Approach and departure | 118.2 | Hyannis |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 508-862-2601.
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Aircraft registered in Hyannis from the FAA register
103 aircraft are registered to owners in Hyannis, Massachusetts: 98 piston twins, 4 piston singles, 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 Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 26 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Ant on tank 4600 feet southeast elev 208 feet; standpipe 7050 feet north 236 feet; obstruction lighted.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; malsf runway 24; high-intensity runway lights runways 06/24 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for all aircraft over 6000 pounds.
- Engineering mtrls arst sys (emas) 200 feet in length by 176 feet width located at the der 24.
- Approach ratio 34:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Birds, coyotes on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Tgl operations prohibited between 9:00 pm to 5:59 am, prior permission required by amgr.
- All transient and general aviation pilots must contact airport operations on frequency 122.95 prior to eng shtdn for airfield escort between 10:00 pm to 5:59 am local.
- Taxiway B closed to aircraft with wingspan gtr than 118 feet. Taxiway B between taxiway D and runway 6-24 closed to aircraft with wingspan gtr than 78 feet.
- Be aware of HIGH-SPD military jet and hvy helicopter traffic vicinity joint base Cape Cod. Do not confuse joint base Cape Cod, 10NM west with Cape Cod Gateway.
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.