Hayward Executive Airport is a municipal airport in Hayward, California. The

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for 2011–2015

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it as a '' reliever airport''. The towered airport near the east shore of

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was formerly the Hayward Air Terminal.

History

The airport was built in 1942 during World War II as an auxiliary field to

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and was originally Hayward Army Air Field. The primary aircraft were

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s. This post may have also been named "Russell City Army Air Field" for the unincorporated area outside of the Hayward city limits where it was located. The airfield was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force. After the war the airport was declared surplus. In April 1947 the War Assets Administration quitclaimed the airfield, comprising some and related buildings and equipment, to the City of Hayward. The airfield was then renamed Hayward Municipal Airport. The California Air National Guard moved onto land adjoining the airport in 1949. Initially it was the home of the 61st Fighter Wing which included the 194th Fighter Squadron on June 25, 1948. The 61st Fighter Wing was re-designated as the 144th Fighter Bomber Wing on November 1, 1950. The wing also consisted of the 192nd Fighter Squadron at Reno, Nevada and the 191st Fighter Squadron at Salt Lake City, Utah. The

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and later the P-51H were flown from 1948 until October 31, 1954. During its early years with the P-51D/H, the unit earned prominence as one of the Air Force's most respected aerial gunnery competitors. In June 1953, while still flying the P-51, the unit qualified for the first all-jet, worldwide gunnery meet. Using borrowed

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jets, the 144th, which represented the Air National Guard, placed fifth in competition. This unit later relocated to Fresno Air Terminal and is now the

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of the California Air National Guard at Fresno Air National Guard Base. On April 3, 1955 the 129th Air Resupply Squadron was established at Hayward and equipped with Curtiss C-46D Commandos in the Summer 1955 supplemented by Grumman SA-16A Albatrosses in 1958. The C-46Ds were phased out 1 November 1958, and the unit was redesignated as the 129th Troop Carrier Squadron (Medium). A control tower was built in 1960 and on January 20, 1962, the unit reached Group status with federal recognition of the

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. On May 1, 1980 the remaining California Air National Guard units at Hayward were reassigned to Naval Air Station Moffett Field near San Jose. Today, this unit is the

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at Moffett Federal Airfield.

Facilities

The airport covers 543

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s (220 ha) at an elevation of 52 feet (16 m). It has two asphalt runways: 10R/28L is 5,694 by 150 feet (1,736 x 46 m) and 10L/28R is 3,107 by 75 feet (947 x 23 m). It has one

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, H1, 110 by 110 feet (34 x 34 m). In the year ending October 14, 2010 the airport had 86,069 aircraft operations, average 235 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% air taxi. 368 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 4% jet, and 3% helicopter. Hayward Executive Airport is home to the Northern California division of

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as of September 15, 2012. The airport plans to build a new administration building. The offices are now in the five-story control tower built in 1961, with Federal Aviation Administration offices in the top three floors. The new administration building will be next to the control tower and will be a bit under 5,000 square feet. It was expected to cost $2.88 million. Work was expected to begin in May 2013 and end in March 2014.

Gallery

File:HU-16 129th ACG California ANG 1960s.jpg, A U.S. Air Force Grumman HU-16 Albatross amphibian with its crew. The aircraft was assigned to the 129th Air Commando Group, California Air National Guard at Hayward Airport from 1963 to 1968. File:Hwd-final.jpg, Short-final on KHWD 28L File:Hayward Executive Airport 07820.JPG, Looking northeast

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