Hollister Municipal Airport

Hollister Municipal Airport (IATA: HLI, ICAO: KCVH, FAA LID: CVH, formerly 3O7) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Hollister, a city in San Benito County, California, United States.

[1] For the 12-month period ending January 23, 2007, the airport had 73,000 aircraft operations, an average of 200 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military.

There are 205 aircraft based at this airport: 56% single engine, 8% multi-engine, 4% helicopters, 10% ultralight and 22% gliders.

[1] 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.

[7] Hollister Municipal Airport began as a private grass airstrip in 1912 owned by early aviators Frank Bryant and Roy Francis.

Navy Air Auxiliary Station (N.A.A.S.) Hollister looking west from 4500', September 1942. Bolsa Road is at the top of photo.