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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
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
86°F
Wind
20 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
3 installed
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
44% of ops
199 land · 186 TO
30
27% of ops
123 land · 125 TO
22
11% of ops
50 land · 9 TO
08
10% of ops
44 land · 71 TO
12
6% of ops
26 land · 8 TO
04
2% of ops
10 land · 4 TO
Runway 26 carries 44% 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
123 landings
UA 14%GA 4.1%
22
50 landings
UA 14%
08
44 landings
UA 14%
12
26 landings
UA 12%
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
11.0
flights/day · 331 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
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
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
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Anonymous
10/25/2013
NW corner. Being stripped of parts. Slated for salvage.
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Anonymous
8/29/2010
This is where Gimli Glider is stored......How painful one historical aircraft to be stored.
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