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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 51.2%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 71.7%

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 3 arrivals and 2 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
86°F
Wind
17 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 080235Z AUTO 29017G23KT 8SM CLR 30/06 A2997 RMK AO2 PK WND 29026/0159 T03040056

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

26
36% of ops
162 land · 188 TO
30
24% of ops
110 land · 110 TO
08
16% of ops
72 land · 112 TO
12
12% of ops
52 land · 9 TO
22
8% of ops
36 land · 18 TO
04
4% of ops
17 land · 2 TO
Runway 26 carries 36% of operations (162 landings, 188 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

26 162 landings
UA 25%
30 110 landings
UA 2%
08 72 landings
UA 1%
12 52 landings
UA 4%
22 36 landings
UA 33%
04 17 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 26 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (40 UA events from 162 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
9.4
flights/day · 281 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 9.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (5.8 vs 11.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

24 · 13%
21 · 11%
17 · 9%
16 · 8%
15 · 8%
11 · 6%
Activity is led by (13% of 191 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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