Mojave Air and Space Port

Mojave Air and Space Port
Mojave in 2023
IATA: MHV ICAO: KMHV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Airport District
Operator	East Kern Airport District, Mojave, California
Location	Mojave, California
Elevation AMSL	2,801 ft (854 m)
Coordinates	35°03′34″N 118°09′06″W
Website	www.mojaveairport.com
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 12,503 3,811 Asphalt/concrete 08/26 7,049 2,149 Asphalt 04/22 4,746 1,447 Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

MCAS Mojave insignia on a matchbook cover

Administration offices, restaurant and old tower

Mojave Airport, storage location for commercial airliners

SpaceShipOne landing at Mojave after June 21, 2004, space flight

A retired Boeing 767-200 that flew for Ansett Australia being cut open for scrap at Mojave Airport

The Mojave Air and Space Port (IATA: MHV, ICAO: KMHV) is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage. Located in Mojave, California, at an elevation of 2,801 feet (854 m), the three runway facility covers 2,998 acres (1,213 ha). It is also the first facility licensed in the U.S. for horizontal launches of reusable spacecraft, having received its spaceport designation from the Federal Aviation Administration on June 17, 2004. It received the suffixed formal name Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field in 2022.