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KMHV · MHV

Mojave Airport

35.05940°N
-118.15200°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 37.7%
DEP / DAY
11
▲ 14.9%

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 10 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 7% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 6 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
6
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Return to field
7

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
16 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMHV 030335Z AUTO 27016KT 10SM CLR 21/04 A2998 RMK AO2 T02050044

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
50% of ops
263 land · 318 TO
30
21% of ops
108 land · 113 TO
22
13% of ops
71 land · 19 TO
08
8% of ops
40 land · 31 TO
12
7% of ops
36 land · 16 TO
04
2% of ops
8 land · 8 TO
Runway 26 carries 50% of operations (263 landings, 318 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 30 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

26 263 landings
UA 22%
30 108 landings
UA 7%GA 1.9%
22 71 landings
UA 13%
08 40 landings
UA 8%
12 36 landings
UA 14%
04 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 22% unstable-approach rate (59 UA events from 263 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
15.0
flights/day · 450 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 15.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (9.9 vs 17.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

46 · 14%
31 · 9%
27 · 8%
26 · 8%
23 · 7%
20 · 6%
Activity is led by (14% of 328 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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