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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 93.9%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 92.0%

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 12,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 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
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h ago
Temp
100°F
Wind
15 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 252015Z AUTO 24015KT 10SM FEW220 SCT300 BKN330 BKN360 38/10 A2999 RMK AO2 T03830100

Runways

3 installed

12,503 FT MAX
04/22
4,747 ft × 60
ASP○ unlitMED
08/26
7,049 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
12/30
12,503 ft × 200
PEM● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

30
33% of ops
209 land · 220 TO
26
32% of ops
205 land · 209 TO
08
17% of ops
110 land · 113 TO
22
9% of ops
58 land · 19 TO
12
6% of ops
38 land · 10 TO
04
2% of ops
11 land · 10 TO
Runway 30 carries 33% of operations (209 landings, 220 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

30 209 landings
UA 6%GA 0.5%
26 205 landings
UA 23%
08 110 landings
UA 4%
22 58 landings
UA 22%
12 38 landings
UA 11%
04 11 landings
UA 45%
Approaches to 30 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 209 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
9.1
flights/day · 274 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 9.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (6.5 vs 10.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

26 · 14%
21 · 11%
20 · 10%
15 · 8%
15 · 8%
11 · 6%
Activity is led by (14% of 192 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
08/29/2010
Gimli Glider
This is where Gimli Glider is stored......How painful one historical aircraft to be stored.
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