Hayward Executive (HWD) is a small, primarily general and corporate aviation airport located in the city of Hayward, California. Located on the east side of the San Francisco Bay, it is just 5 miles southeast of the larger Oakland International Airport. The runway configuration at Hayward is the same as the east complex at Oakland International Airport, and this has led to wrong airport alignment issues of which first time visitors need to be aware.

0:59 - The traffic mix and airspace at HWD. The airport has its own Class Delta airspace that underlies the Oakland Class Charlie, which in turn underlies the San Francisco Class Bravo. Noise and other operational issues exist at HWD. Check the chart supplement and the airport's website for more details.

2:15 - The airport configuration consists of a set of closely spaced parallel runways with staggered thresholds labeled Runway 10 left and right and 28 left and right. As with any airport with this runway and taxiway configuration, there is a risk of wrong surface landings or take-offs. Close attention is imperative.

3:52 - By far the most common area for runway incursions at Hayward occur at two hot spots labeled #5. Located on taxiways Alpha1 and Zulu1, the hold-short lines for Runway 28 left are further away from the runway end than pilots might expect.

4:54 - Hot spot #1 is located at the intersection of taxiways Alpha and Echo and there are two issues here.

5:56 - Hot spots #2 and #4 both concern tower visibility: These hot spots denote where the control tower cannot see you.

6:28 - Hot spot #3 is also a non-visibility area but has another aspect to it— aircraft landing Runway 28 right have cleared the runway at the end and are taxiing to parking without contacting ground.

6:55 - Hayward has several VFR reporting points indicated on the VFR sectional that the tower uses for both arriving and departing VFR aircraft. However, pilots sometimes have a hard time locating and identifying these points.

7:45 - One last area to be aware of concerns the labeling of taxiways on the way to the full length of Runway 28 left. Taxiways Alpha and Zulu do not go all the way to the full length of Runway 28 left. Rather, they both make 90-degree turns and intersect the runway at the displaced landing threshold. To access the full length of the runway, you must be cleared via taxiways Alpha1 or Zulu1. The number one location for runway incursions at the airport occurs at the hold-short lines on these taxiways.

The FAA's From the Flight Deck video series uses aircraft-mounted cameras to capture runway and taxiway footage and combines them with diagrams and visual graphics to clearly identify hot spots and other safety-sensitive items. Learn more at [ Ссылка ].

This video is informational only and does not replace the pilot’s responsibility to conduct required pre-flight planning in accordance with FAR 91.103.

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