Hollister Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use

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located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the

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of Hollister, a city in San Benito County,

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. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the

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and

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, Hollister Municipal Airport is assigned CVH by the FAA and HLI by the IATA.

Facilities and operations

Hollister Municipal Airport covers an area of which hosts two

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paved

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s: 6/24 measuring 3,150 x 100 ft (960 x 30 m), and 13/31 measuring 6,350 x 100 ft (1,935 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending January 23, 2007, the airport had 73,000 aircraft operations, an average of 200 per day: 98%

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and 2% military. There are 205 aircraft based at this airport: 56% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 4%

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s, 10% ultralight and 22% gliders. CAL FIRE's Hollister Air Attack Base is located at the airport, providing rapid response to wildfires in San Benito County and surrounding Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.

Gliders

Hollister Airport is a regional center for glider activity. Gliders moved to Hollister after the Hummingbird Haven gliderport in Livermore and the Sky Sailing gliderport in Fremont were both closed in 1989. Glider rides, lessons and a non-profit club are located at the airport. A record for glider flight distance from Hollister was set on June 21, 2008, by Eric Rupp with a flight to

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on the Mexican border, 444 miles away.

References

External links

City of Hollister - Airport page
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