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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 446 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 110,158 takeoffs and landings a year. About 36 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KHWD · observed 11:54 am PDT (18:54 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.59 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 111854Z 10SM CLR 18/09 A2959 RMK AO2 SLP031 T01780089
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.
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- C525 at 3,200 ft, 66 nm south, 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): a broken layer from 2,000 ft to 3,200 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SFO, 12 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: light and variable; 6,000 ft: 020° at 8 kt, 5 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 7 kt, 3 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 12 kt, -2 °C; 18,000 ft: 270° at 25 kt, -13 °C.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/6741 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 12 nm northwest · air shows/sports · until 11 October
- 6/7455 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 14 nm northwest · security · until 11 October
- 6/7231 Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 16 nm southeast · 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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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 325 |
| multi-engine | 44 |
| jets | 46 |
| helicopters | 31 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 110,158, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 28 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,779 |
| general aviation, travelling | 39,425 |
| general aviation, local | 68,733 |
| military | 193 |
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 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, 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, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (6 nm northwest), San Carlos Airport (11 nm southwest), Palo Alto Airport (12 nm south).
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Hayward, by their names on the register:
- Hayward Flying Club 1 aircraft Hayward Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Hayward Executive Airport in California that provides members with access to a hangared Cessna 182P aircraft for flight time.
Charter operators and airlines based in Hayward:
- South Bay Helicopter Services, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate South Bay Helicopter Services, Inc.
Repair stations in Hayward:
- Ivanhart INC Sullivan Propeller Specialists is a repair station in Hayward, California that sells new and refurbished aircraft propellers and provides overhaul, repair, and maintenance services for piston, turboprop, warbird, and experimental aircraft p
- Level III Ndt
- Ni-Cad Systems INC Ni-Cad Systems is a Part 145 FAA-approved repair station in Hayward, California that sells and services aircraft batteries, including nickel-cadmium and lead-acid batteries, as well as emergency power supplies.
- Savage Aviation LLC
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 25 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (0 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · epara@aol.com
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (8 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · terence.wilson@gmail.com
- Michael Healey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · WP 27 Oakland FSDO · Foster City, CA (9 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · mikehealeydpe@gmail.com
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · San Carlos, CA (11 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · jimhiggins3@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 · West Valley Flying Club - SQL · San Carlos, CA (11 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · scott@attheready.com
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (16 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · mark.m.pollard@gmail.com
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (24 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 (24 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · dpejen@gmail.com
All 48 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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 · 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. 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
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Hayward 87 aircraft · 64 piston singles, 9 piston twins, 5 business jets
- Flying Vikings INC 8 aircraft in town
- California Airways LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Temptation Motors LTD 2 aircraft in town
- Sp Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- South Bay Helicopter Services, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hayward Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Ivanhart INC · repair station
- Level III Ndt · repair station
- Ni-Cad Systems INC · repair station
- Savage Aviation LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 49 since 1982 · 6 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/HWD.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.