KRHV Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County — local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. These are locally published VFR routes, reproduced with sources; verify against the official documents linked from each procedure before flight.
Runway 31R is the calm-wind runway when the tower is closed. No pure jets and no surplus military aircraft except those meeting FAR 36 noise criteria. No simulated emergencies in the airport traffic area. Landmarks named by the county's arrival guidance: Sterling Suites and Calaveras Reservoir.
VFR arrivals
Flow not stated in the source applicability unconfirmed
- Arrival Guidance — Approaching from the north and northeast via Sterling Suites and Calaveras Reservoir, expect outbound traffic turning right for noise abatement.
VFR departures
Northwest flow — 31R
- Runway 31R Departure — 20° right turn to heading 330 at the airport boundary — a slight right turn as soon as practicable avoids the school half a mile off the departure end.
Other local procedures
All operations — 13L / 13R / 31L / 31R
- Noise Abatement Policy — Requested: no touch-and-go 2100-0700, no pattern turns past 60° bank, no formation departures, no intersection takeoffs, no low fly-bys.
These routes are advisory as published — none of them is a regulation. Assigned by ATC in Class B, C or D airspace, a route becomes an ATC instruction under 14 CFR 91.123; “unable” remains available to the pilot in command. Each procedure page shows its own authority level and links its primary sources.