Hollister Municipal
CVH · KCVH · Hollister, California · San Benito County · map
Hollister Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hollister, 3 miles north of Hollister, California, 231 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,350 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 115 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 57,489 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KCVH · observed 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 11 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.61 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 KCVH 112055Z AUTO 26011G18KT 10SM CLR 20/09 A2961 RMK A01
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SFO, 63 nm northwest), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 11 kt; 6,000 ft: light and variable, 5 °C; 9,000 ft: 280° at 7 kt, 1 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 15 kt, -3 °C; 18,000 ft: 290° at 23 kt, -14 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/7231 Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 40 nm northwest · drones kept away from a public gathering · until 12 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA CVH · ICAO KCVH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hollister
- Elevation
- 231 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- 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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,350 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 3,149 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 06: hill 65 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 24: VASI, two boxes on the left, road 15 ft high 510 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.525 | |
| Cvh and aWOS-3 | 120.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 831-636-4394.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 74 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 6 |
| other | 22 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 57,489, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 26,179 |
| general aviation, local | 30,098 |
| military | 1,212 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Hollister from the FAA register
62 aircraft are registered to owners in Hollister, California: 54 piston singles, 4 gliders, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 balloon. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: San Martin Airport (14 nm northwest), Salinas Municipal (17 nm southwest), Watsonville Municipal (18 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Hollister, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Hollister Jet Center INC Hollister Jet Center is a family-owned FBO at Hollister, California (KCVH) offering maintenance, flight training, aircraft sales, fuel services, and pilot supplies to general aviation customers.
Repair stations in Hollister:
- Aircraft Seating Aerospace Aircraft Seating Aerospace is a FAA Part 145 repair station in Hollister, California that specializes in repair, overhaul, and refurbishment of commercial aircraft seats.
- Dk Turbines LLC DK Turbines is an FAA-certified repair station and aircraft parts supplier based in Hollister, California.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Margaret Watt private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hollister, CA (0 nm) · (209) 321-8108 · dpemwatt@gmail.com
- Eric Alan Cook private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet West Annex - Main Terminal · Salinas, CA (17 nm) · (805) 459-8876 · dpe_ccepilot@yahoo.com
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (33 nm) · (140) 866-6696 · clayton.conrad@protonmail.com
- Jennifer Rayne Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroDynamic Aviation · San Jose, CA (33 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · dpejen@gmail.com
- R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Trade Winds Aviation · San Jose, CA (33 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · scott@attheready.com
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Palo Alto, CA (48 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · jimhiggins3@gmail.com
All 33 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Model aircraft club conducting flight operations 3 miles wnw of airport heading of 290 degrees from airport surface to 500' above ground level.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 24, 13, and 31; VASI runway 24; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for helicopters 500 feet above ground level.
- Amgr at airport MON-FRI 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
- Fuel available 24 hours credit card lock system.
- Caution - watch for fire fighting aircraft may through oct.
- Glider activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Recommend pilots to begin runway 31 takeoff roll at or beyond the thld (past taxiway B).
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hollister 62 aircraft · 54 piston singles, 4 gliders, 2 turboprops
- Hollister Soaring Center LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Hollister Jet Center INC 4 aircraft in town
- Sparrowhawk Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hollister Jet Center INC 4 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aircraft Seating Aerospace · repair station
- Dk Turbines LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CVH.json.
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 9, 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.