Hiller Aviation Museum

General Info

Hours of Operation

Open 10 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week

Occasionally, hours are extended to allow for special activities, or the museum is closed to the public to accommodate scheduled events. Please see our Calendar or call the museum to confirm a specific date.

Closed Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

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Admission Fees

$22.00 Adult
$14.00 Seniors (Age 65+)
$14.00 Youths (4-17)
FREE! Children (3 and under) (with Paid Adult)
FREE! Museum Members. Become a Member.
FREE! Active Military
Blue Star Museums, Active Military and immediate family members are FREE on Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Groups of 12 or more people, with advance reservations, are eligible for a $2 discount per person off the regular admission price for adults, children, or seniors. Please visit our group visit webpage for more information and to reserve your discounted visit today.

Discover and Go provides limited admission passes to the museum for eligible San Mateo County Library cardholders. Passes are date-specific and must be reserved in advance through the San Mateo County Library’s webpage.

See Calendar for details.

Click here to purchase tickets in advance.

Credit Cards Accepted

MasterCard®, Visa® and American Express® welcome. Now accepting Apple Pay®.

Parking

Free parking available in the museum parking lot.

Directions

The Hiller Aviation Museum is centrally located in the San Francisco Bay Area at the San Carlos Airport.

Address: Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Rd., San Carlos, CA 94070
Phone: (650) 654-0200
Fax: (650) 654-0220

From San Francisco: Take Hwy 101 south the Holly Street/Redwood Shores Pkwy exit. Go east onto Redwood Shores Pkwy. Turn right onto Airport Road. Turn right onto Skyway Road.

From San Jose: Take Hwy 101 north to Holly Street/Redwood Shores Pkwy exit. Go east onto Redwood Shores Pkwy. Turn right onto Airport Road. Turn right onto Skyway Road.

By Train: Train users must walk from Caltrain Station to Hiller Aviation Museum (approximately 1 mile). Take Caltrain to the San Carlos station. Walk along the station generally northward toward San Francisco (parallel to the tracks). Turn Right at the Holly Street crossing and continue eastward along the road crossing over Hwy 101 (You can see the museum on your right from the overcrossing). Turn right at Airport Road and continue right onto Skyway Road continuing to the museum. Schedules are available online from Caltrain.

By Bus: SamTrans provides bus service over the El Camino corridor with connections to other transit systems throughout the bay area. Take any bus to the San Carlos stop (very near the CalTrain train station) and follow the directions listed above for train users. Schedules and system information is available from SamTrans. There is no direct bus service to the airport.

Flying to the Museum

Park at the airport terminal on the East side of the field, proceed into the airport office. The airport may provide a shuttle or you can call the museum. Also, it is a short walk around the outside airport perimeter.

NEVER WALK ACROSS THE RUNWAY AT ANY TIME!

SQL Frequencies:

ATIS – 125.9
Tower – 119.0
Ground – 121.6

People With Disabilities

icon_handicap_51x51px The museum is wheelchair accessible. You can pick up and drop off passengers at the main entrance to the museum.

The museum’s aircraft collection is viewable from the ground level and the mezzanine level, accessible by elevator.

The Flight Sim Zone is designed to be fully wheelchair accessible.

Service Animals

The Hiller Aviation Museum welcomes service animals. Under federal law, service animals are dogs trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of people with physical or mental disabilities. The work or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to the handler’s disability. Additionally, service animals must remain under their handler’s control at all times while inside the museum. Dogs or any other type of animal or pet whose sole function is to provide comfort, companionship, or emotional support—such as a support animal—do not qualify as service animals under federal law.