Arrival into the San Francisco Bay Area, Landing at Hayward KHWD in a Diamond DA42 VI

Important - This video is for entertainment only. It is not intended for instruction and should not be used for any training purpose.
In August on a beautiful VFR day, I had a business trip from Seattle down to the San Francisco Bay Area. Rather than share the whole flight, I thought I would do a more in-depth video of the arrival into Hayward Airport (KHWD). I’ve flown into Hayward several times but it is always “interesting” for a few reasons:
• It at the end of a ~4hr single-pilot IFR flight
• It is in the busy NorCal Approach airspace
• Hayward is not a difficult airport at all but it is buried in an area with a lot of development. It always takes me a while to visually spot it … even thought I know exactly where it is.
Despite all this, it’s a terrific airport with great controllers and FBOs. Its an easy place to rent a car and get on with your day.
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2018 Diamond DA42 VI with G1000 NXi (Phase II) avionics. Certified for Flight into Known Icing (FIKI). Also flying with Garmin Pilot on an iPad Mini. Three GoPro Hero 9 with RAM mounts in the cabin. Flight data downloaded from the G1000 NXi played back on CloudAhoy