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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼ 8.2%
DEP / DAY
8
▼ 28.4%

Mojave Airport (KMHV/MHV) is a small general aviation airport located in Mojave, CA, 25 mi north of Lancaster. It features 3 runways with the longest being 9,502 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 8 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
6

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18m ago
Temp
50°F
Wind
6 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 120715Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 10/M04 A3010 RMK AO2 T01041043

Runways

3 installed

9,502 FT MAX
04/22
4,743 ft × 50
ASP○ unlitMED
08/26
7,050 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
12/30
9,502 ft × 200
PEM● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
35% of ops
123 land · 150 TO
26
28% of ops
96 land · 96 TO
30
23% of ops
81 land · 74 TO
22
7% of ops
23 land · 2 TO
12
4% of ops
13 land · 11 TO
04
3% of ops
12 land · 9 TO
Runway 08 carries 35% of operations (123 landings, 150 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 28%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 123 landings
UA 5%
26 96 landings
UA 9%GA 1.0%
30 81 landings
UA 14%GA 1.2%
22 23 landings
UA 13%
12 13 landings
UA 15%
04 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 123 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
15.4
flights/day · 461 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 15.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (10.6 vs 17.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

28 · 9%
28 · 9%
25 · 8%
24 · 8%
21 · 7%
20 · 7%
Activity is led by (9% of 305 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 127.600 —
TWR 127.600 0700-1700 MON-FRI
TWR 288.350 0700-1700 MON-FRI
GND 123.900 0700-1700 MON-FRI
APCH 133.650 —
APCH 348.700 —
AWOS 132.225 —
LCL/P 127.600 0700-1700 MON-FRI
LCL/P 288.350 0700-1700 MON-FRI
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
Anonymous
10/25/2013
Gimli Glider
NW corner. Being stripped of parts. Slated for salvage.
Anonymous
8/29/2010
Gimli Glider
This is where Gimli Glider is stored......How painful one historical aircraft to be stored.
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