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Airport · ICAO · US

Class D

Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County

ID KRHV FAA RHV Elev 135 ft Lat 37° 19.97' N Lon 121° 49.14' W Zulu

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FAA Airport Diagram · KRHV

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Runways at KRHV

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,100 ft. Max gradient: 0.38%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
13L 142.9° 3,100 ft 75 ft ASP Yes
31R 322.9° 3,100 ft 75 ft ASP Yes
13R 142.9° 3,099 ft 75 ft ASP No
31L 322.9° 3,099 ft 75 ft ASP No

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

7 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 125.200
  • GND GND 121.650
  • TWR TWR 119.800
  • CTAF CTAF 119.800
  • APP NORCAL APP 120.100
  • DEP NORCAL DEP 121.300
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KRHV, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

6 matched · 20 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13L–31R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13R–31L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Runway 13R threshold displaced 499 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13L–31R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13R–31L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Runway 13R threshold displaced 499 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    displaced threshold

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 13L and Rwy 31R, MIRL Rwy 13L–31R. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (6)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13L–31R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 13L–31R: H3100X75 (ASPH) S–17 MIRL 0.4% up SE RWY 13L: R…

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 13R–31L: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 13R–31L: H3099X75 (ASPH) S–17 0.4% up SE RWY 13R: Thld d…

  • Runway 13R threshold displaced 499 feet. Usable landing distance is reduced; the displaced portion may still be used for takeoff and rollout.

    Raw FAA text · preamble · operational

    RWY 13R: Thld dsplcd 499´

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 13L and Rwy 31R, MIRL Rwy 13L–31R. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 13L and Rwy 31R, MIRL Rwy 13L–31R—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds on and invof arpt.

  • Airport attended 1600–0200Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1600–0200Z‡.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (20 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·RWY 31L: PAPI(P4L)—GA 4.0º TCH 45´.
  • ·PAPI Rwy 13L, Rwy 31R and Rwy 31L opr continuously.
  • ·No pure jet and no surplus military acft except those meeting FAR 36 noise criteria.
  • ·No touch and go landings 0500–1500Z‡.
  • ·No simulated emergencies in arpt tfc area.
  • ·No turns blo 500´ when leaving pattern except Rwy 31R departures.
  • ·As soon as practicable after departure make a slight right turn to avoid school one half mile off departure end.
  • ·Fuel: UL94: 100LL unavbl.
  • ·Be alert all pilots–do not confuse illumination from street lgts northeast of and parallel to RHV rwys that could be mistaken for rwy lgts.
  • ·Ensure proper activation of pilot controlled arpt sfc lgts.
  • ·Rwy 31R calm wind rwy when ATCT closed.
  • ·NOTE: See Special Notices—Arrival Alert.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 408-918-7700
  • ·CTAF 119.8 ATIS 125.2 408–923–7100 UNICOM 122.95 ®NORCAL APP CON 120.1 134.5 133.95 REID–HILLVIEW TOWER 119.8 (Rwy 13L–31R) 126.1 (Rwy 13R–31L) (1500–0600Z‡) GND CON 121.65 ®NORCAL DEP CON 121.3 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD when ATCT is clsd ctc NorCal Apch at 916-361-3748.
  • ·CLASS D svc 1500–0600Z‡; other times CLASS G.
  • ·SAN JOSE (L) (L) VORW/DME 114.1 SJC Chan 88 N37º22.48´ W121º56.68´ 097º 6.5 NM to fld. 35/16E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 000º–070º byd 25 NM blo 6,500´ 140º–160º byd 25 NM blo 6,100´ 170º–240º byd 30 NM blo 6,700´ COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: Emerg frequency 121.5 not avbl at tower.
  • ·SAN JOSE N37º22.48´ W121º56.68´ NOTAM FILE SJC.
  • ·(L) (L) VORW/DME 114.1 SJC Chan 88 116º 1.0 NM to Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl. 35/16E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 000º–070º byd 25 NM blo 6,500´ 140º–160º byd 25 NM blo 6,100´ 170º–240º byd 30 NM blo 6,700´ SAN FRANCISCO L–2F, 3B IAP, AD SAN FRANCISCO L–2F, 3B, A SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KRHV — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KRHV

76 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 56 most recent.

Total events

77

since 1982

Fatal

5

6.5% of total

Last 5 years

3

≈ 0.6/yr

Last 10 years

8

≈ 0.8/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 232,795 ops in 2001

2024 total

154,565

10-yr total

1,605,943

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

5.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.32

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=8

  • Other 3
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Ground collision 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

All time · n=76

  • Other 25
  • Engine failure / power loss 8
  • Stall / spin 7
  • Loss of control 7
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 6
  • Ground collision 6
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 6
  • Runway excursion 5

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2020-08-02 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · day
2013-03-10 EVEKTOR-AEROTECHNIK AS Sportstar · Loss of control · day
2012-03-04 Cessna 170B · Loss of control · VMC · day
2011-07-19 CLIFF STARDUSTER II SA300 · Other · VMC · night
2010-08-08 Cessna 172P · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2005-04-01 Cessna 172N · Hard landing · day
2023-02-20 Piper PA-24-260 · Gear-up · day
2022-11-13 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day
2022-07-22 Piper PA-32-301 · CFIT · VMC · dusk
2018-04-20 Cessna 172 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2017-11-19 Cessna 172P · Engine failure · day
2017-07-23 Piper PA 28R-180 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2017-07-08 Cessna,SIAI-MARCHETTI R182,SF.260B · Other · VMC · day
2015-11-07 Cessna 172S · Loss of control · VMC · night
2014-01-17 Piper,Cessna PA 24-250,172N · Engine failure · VMC · day
2013-12-15 Bellanca 7ECA · Loss of control · VMC · day
2011-09-17 CUB CRAFTERS INC CC11-100 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2009-12-14 Piper PA-22-160 · Engine failure · day
2009-08-23 ANTARES US MA-34R · Ground collision · VMC · day
2008-12-30 STEMME GMBH & CO S-10 · Other · day
2008-07-20 Extra Flugzeugproduktions-und,Cessna EA 300/L,TR182 · Other · VMC · day
2008-07-04 Schweizer 269 C-1 · Stall / spin · VMC · night
2007-09-01 Cessna T210N · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
2007-05-06 Piper PA28-235 · Ground collision · VMC · day
2007-01-13 Cessna 140 · Other · day
2006-02-12 Beech C23 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
2005-08-30 Bellanca 7ECA · Other · VMC · day
2004-10-04 Cessna 152 · Birdstrike · day
2004-07-16 Newell RV-6A · Runway excursion · day
2003-12-18 Luscombe 8E · Runway excursion · VMC · day
2003-08-09 LEFEVER-PAUL Skybolt · Engine failure · VMC · day
2003-01-23 Cirrus Design Corp. SR 20 · Stall / spin · day
2002-02-24 Piper PA-24-250 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
2002-01-10 Farrand Vans RV6 · Weather · VMC · day
2001-02-15 Bellanca 7ECA · Runway excursion · VMC · day
2000-07-15 Cessna 152 · Stall / spin · day
1999-09-11 Cessna 172N · Ground collision · VMC · day
1999-02-27 Enstrom F-28F · Loss of control · day
1998-09-18 Beech 35-B33 · Loss of control · VMC · night
1998-05-16 Robinson R22B · Weather · day
1997-11-28 Cessna 172N · Weather · VMC · day
1997-07-26 Champion 7GCBC · Runway excursion · VMC · day
1996-02-09 Cessna 152 · Weather · day
1995-02-26 Bellanca 7ECA · Fuel exhaustion · day
1995-02-26 Bellanca 7ECA · Runway excursion · day
1994-10-11 Piper PA-24-250 · Engine failure · VMC · day
1994-05-30 PERTH AMBOY BIRD BK · Other · day
1992-11-21 RANS S-10 SAKOTA · Engine failure · day
1992-02-22 Cessna 150 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1991-05-20 Piper PA-28-161 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
1990-05-06 Cessna 172M · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1988-02-09 Beech M35 · Other · VMC · day
1987-12-05 Piper PA-28R-200 · Other · day
1987-11-21 Cessna 172N · Other · day
1987-07-20 Piper PA-28-161 · Engine failure · VMC · day
1987-05-27 Cessna 150L · Ground collision · night

+ 20 more on file

DPEs near KRHV

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Clayton Miles Conrad San Jose CA 2 nm
Jennifer Rayne Watson San Jose CA 2 nm
Brian Petschauer Burbank CA 5 nm
Evan Paraskevopoulos Hayward CA 22 nm
James Courtney Higgins San Carlos CA 24 nm
R Rohlfing San Carlos CA 24 nm
Michael Healey Foster City CA 25 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 25 nm
Terence Wilson Alameda CA 32 nm
Margaret Watt Hollister CA 35 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KRHV

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
John Daniel Boyce San Jose CA 2 nm
Catherine Louise Montressor San Jose CA 2 nm
Richard Joseph Cascelli San Jose CA 2 nm
George Stanislaw Deeter San Jose CA 2 nm
Allan Steven Eckmann San Jose CA 2 nm
Eugene Charles Hudson San Jose CA 2 nm
Jean Joseph Jimenez San Jose CA 2 nm
David Robert Mcmahon San Jose CA 2 nm
Ronald Daniel Murphy San Jose CA 2 nm
Fred Scott Rey San Jose CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KRHV

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Boyd L Blue San Jose CA 2 nm
Robert S Borregard San Jose CA 2 nm
Bobby Myron Budde Jr San Jose CA 2 nm
Thomas Alan Evans San Jose CA 2 nm
Alfred Aubrey Machmiller San Jose CA 2 nm
David Robert Mcmahon San Jose CA 2 nm
Loyd Brice Nesbitt Jr San Jose CA 2 nm
Seyed Abbas Niksadat San Jose CA 2 nm
Malcolm Whitney Spann San Jose CA 2 nm
Alan Joseph Supan San Jose CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KRHV

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
LAC Avionics, Inc.
San Jose, CA
6 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Oakland, CA
Fremont, CA
10 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
16 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
24 nm
NorCal Avionics, LLC
Watsonville, CA
24 nm
Belardi Interiors, Inc
Watsonville, CA
24 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
24 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
24 nm
T & P Aero Refinishers
Salinas, CA
41 nm
Advancetech Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Salinas, CA
42 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.