Mojave Air and Space Port
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| 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 / 35.05944°N 118.15167°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||||||
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.