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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 86.8%
DEP / DAY
13
▲ 151.4%

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 10 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 7 total

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Go-arounds
1
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
6
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Return to field
31

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
7 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 150455Z AUTO 23007KT 10SM CLR 23/09 A3006 RMK AO2 T02270090

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

26
45% of ops
204 land · 201 TO
30
25% of ops
113 land · 99 TO
22
12% of ops
55 land · 10 TO
08
10% of ops
43 land · 71 TO
12
6% of ops
26 land · 8 TO
04
2% of ops
9 land · 4 TO
Runway 26 carries 45% of operations (204 landings, 201 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

26 204 landings
UA 29%
30 113 landings
UA 13%GA 4.4%
22 55 landings
UA 13%
08 43 landings
UA 12%
12 26 landings
UA 12%
04 9 landings
UA 44%
Approaches to 26 show a 29% unstable-approach rate (60 UA events from 204 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
12.2
flights/day · 365 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 12.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (8.6 vs 14.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

31 · 12%
28 · 11%
26 · 10%
21 · 8%
21 · 8%
19 · 7%
Activity is led by (12% of 264 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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