Reid–Hillview Airport
Reid–Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County | |||||||||||||||
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View of the airport from the south. | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Santa Clara County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | San Francisco Bay Area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 40.5 m / 133 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°19′58″N 121°49′11″W / 37.33278°N 121.81972°W | ||||||||||||||
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Reid–Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (IATA: RHV, ICAO: KRHV, FAA LID: RHV) is in the eastern part of San Jose, in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Santa Clara County owns it and is near the Evergreen district of San Jose where aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery experimented with gliders in 1911. Reid–Hillview Airport was also the official general aviation airport for the 2016 Super Bowl in Levi's Stadium (in nearby Santa Clara, CA).
Reid–Hillview is a general aviation airport; with no scheduled airline service. As with most general aviation airports air charter operations are available. The airport has a control tower that operates from 07:00 to 22:00 local time. The FAA classifies Reid–Hillview as a reliever airport for San Jose International Airport (SJC).