Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field
MHV · KMHV · Mojave, California · Kern County · map
Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field is a public-use airport owned by Mojave Air and Space Port, 1 mile east of Mojave, California, 2,801 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 12,503 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KMHV · observed 2:15 pm PDT (21:15 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 38°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMHV 062115Z AUTO 11006KT 10SM CLR 34/04 A2999 RMK AO2 T03410036 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MHV · ICAO KMHV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mojave Air and Space Port
- Elevation
- 2,801 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 5:00 pm mon-fri
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 12,503 × 200 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 7,049 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 4,747 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 600 ft, other 375 ft high 14,400 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 900 ft
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 44 ft high 2,200 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 127.6 | Mojave |
| Ground | 123.9 | Mojave |
| Approach and departure | 133.65 | Mojave |
| Mhv and aWOS-3PT | 132.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 661-824-5218.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Mojave from the FAA register
108 aircraft are registered to owners in Mojave, California: 58 piston singles, 24 business jets, 8 helicopters, 7 piston twins, 4 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runways 08/26 and 04/22; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Cat C/D and all tbjt aircraft pattern altitude 4301 feet above sea level (1500 feet above ground level); cat a/B aircraft pattern altitude 3801 feet above sea level (1000 feet above ground level); helicopter pattern altitude 3301 feet above sea level (500 feet above ground level) and use south entry and departure.
- 300 feet paved overrun east end of runway; 300 feet paved overrun west end of runway.
- PAPI unusable beyond 2.5 NM.
- Approach slope 40:1 to the displaced threshold.
- Wind turbine
- Be alert to high speed activity in the vicinity of airport.
- Due to rapidly rising terrain and wind turbines west - northwest of airport, cat C/D and all turbojet aircraft landing runway 8 must remain at or above 4301 feet above sea level until commencing base leg turn and at or above 3800 feet above sea level until established on a 2.25 NM final.
- Taxiway F is closed west of taxiway a.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.