Hayward Executive Airport
Hayward Executive: the East Bay's general-aviation field south of Oakland. No airlines, no curfew.
No curfew, no airlines. Hayward Executive is in the East Bay south of Oakland, without the congestion of the commercial fields. For business and private flying in the southern East Bay it is the alternative to OAK and SJC.
What flies here
Light jets, turboprops, and piston aircraft. HWD is a business and general-aviation reliever with a modern terminal, open without a curfew.
1942
The field opened in 1942 as Hayward Army Airfield and trained fighter pilots through World War II. Several units of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators, were based here. After the war it became the civilian Hayward Executive Airport.
FBO and history details were checked mid-2026 against the airport's and operators' own published information. Tenants change, so confirm the departure terminal with your operator.
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