Hayward Executive Airport is a municipal airport in
Hayward,
California
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.
The
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2011–2015
categorized it as a ''
reliever airport''. The
towered airport near the east shore of
San Francisco Bay
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was formerly the Hayward Air Terminal.
History
The airport was built in 1942 during
World War II
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as an auxiliary field to
Chico Army Air Field and was originally Hayward Army Air Field. The primary aircraft were
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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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
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Fourth Air Force
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4 AF directs the activities and supervises the training of more than 30,000 Air Force Reser ...
.
After the war the airport was declared surplus. In April 1947 the
War Assets Administration
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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
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and the 191st Fighter Squadron at
Salt Lake City, Utah
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.
The
North American P-51D Mustang
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Allison-engined Mustangs
NA ...
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
F-86A Sabre
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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
144th Fighter Wing
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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
129th Troop Carrier Group
The 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, California, Sunnyvale, California. The wing is equipped with the HC-130J Combat King II and the HH-60G Pave Hawk h ...
.
On May 1, 1980 the remaining California Air National Guard units at Hayward were reassigned to
Naval Air Station Moffett Field
Moffett Federal Airfield , also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California, United States, between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale. On November 10, ...
near
San Jose. Today, this unit is the
129th Rescue Wing
The 129th Rescue Wing (129 RQW) is a unit of the California Air National Guard, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Sunnyvale, California. The wing is equipped with the HC-130J Combat King II and the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter. If activate ...
at
Moffett Federal Airfield.
Facilities
The airport covers 543
acre
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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
helipad
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While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard s ...
, 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
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and 2%
air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
. 368 aircraft were then based at the airport: 82% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 4% jet, and 3%
helicopter
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.
Hayward Executive Airport is home to the Northern California division of
Ameriflight
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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
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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
See also
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List of airports in the San Francisco Bay Area
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List of airports in California
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California World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in California for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.
Most of these airfields were under the command of Fourth Air Force or the A ...
References
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External links
Hayward Executive Airportat City of Hayward website
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Hayward Airport Noisewebsite
Aerial image as of February 2004from
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Airports in Alameda County, California
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