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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
8
▼ 12.9%
DEP / DAY
9
▲ 3.1%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
5

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
10 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 202255Z AUTO 17010G16KT 10SM CLR 26/01 A2990 RMK AO2 WSHFT 2218 T02640012

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
30% of ops
98 land · 124 TO
26
27% of ops
86 land · 71 TO
30
25% of ops
79 land · 76 TO
22
8% of ops
25 land · 4 TO
12
7% of ops
24 land · 14 TO
04
3% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
Runway 08 carries 30% of operations (98 landings, 124 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

08 98 landings
UA 6%
26 86 landings
UA 17%
30 79 landings
UA 8%
22 25 landings
UA 24%
12 24 landings
UA 4%
04 10 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 08 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 98 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
15.7
flights/day · 470 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 15.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (10.4 vs 18.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

42 · 14%
38 · 13%
29 · 10%
23 · 8%
22 · 7%
21 · 7%
Activity is led by (14% of 303 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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