Half Moon Bay Airport

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|- !colspan="4" style="text-align: center; background-color: #4682B4; color: white;" |Runways |- !bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Direction !bgcolor="lightgrey" colspan="2"|Length !bgcolor="lightgrey" rowspan="2"|Surface |- !bgcolor="lightgrey"|ft !bgcolor="lightgrey"|m |- !align="left" valign="top"|12/30 |valign="top" align="right"|5,000 |valign="top" align="right"|1,524 |valign="top"|Asphalt/Concrete

Half Moon Bay Airport is located in Half Moon Bay, California, USA, on the Pacific Coast south of San Francisco.

History

The Half Moon Bay Airport is located about 20 miles south of San Francisco. It was constructed by the California State Highway Department for the U.S. Army in 1942. The Army turned the Airport over to the Navy following the end of WWII and the County acquired the Airport from the Navy in 1947. The Airport has served a variety of roles over the years and is currently an important business, transportation and emergency service asset to the community.

Facilities

Half Moon Bay Airport covers 325 acres and has one runway:

• Runway 12/30: 5,000 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete

Half Moon Bay Airport provides a variety of emergency service and response functions including: Air-Ambulance and Medivac flights; law enforcement and homeland security patrols; Coast Guard sea-rescue operations; and use as a disaster relief staging site for the airlifting of emergency supplies in the event that roads are closed during a disaster or emergency.

The Half Moon Bay Airport is home to approximately 80 aircraft and several aviation related businesses. The Airport is self-funded through airport user and business fees and receives no money from the County’s General Fund.

See also

• List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area

External links

• [San Mateo County Airports - Half Moon Bay Airport]
• Resources for this airport:
• * AirNav [airport information for KHAF]
• * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
• * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
• * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KHAF]
• [Maps and aerial photos]
• * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
• * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
• * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
• * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
• * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]

 

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