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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
8
▲ 42.5%
DEP / DAY
9
▲ 93.8%

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 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 5% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 5 total

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Go-arounds
1
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
15

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
15 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 121935Z AUTO 19015G19KT 10SM FEW370 35/10 A2992 RMK AO2 T03470099

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
41% of ops
199 land · 186 TO
30
27% of ops
131 land · 137 TO
08
12% of ops
60 land · 79 TO
22
10% of ops
50 land · 9 TO
12
7% of ops
34 land · 8 TO
04
2% of ops
10 land · 4 TO
Runway 26 carries 41% of operations (199 landings, 186 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

26 199 landings
UA 31%
30 131 landings
UA 13%GA 3.8%
08 60 landings
UA 10%
22 50 landings
UA 14%
12 34 landings
UA 9%
04 10 landings
UA 40%
Approaches to 26 show a 31% unstable-approach rate (62 UA events from 199 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
11.4
flights/day · 343 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 11.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (8.6 vs 13.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

31 · 13%
25 · 10%
23 · 9%
21 · 9%
18 · 7%
18 · 7%
Activity is led by (13% of 244 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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