Mojave Air and Space Port

The Mojave Air and Space Port is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: facility located in Mojave, California
  • Also known as: “Civilian Aerospace Test Center”, “Civilian Flight Test Center”, “KMHV”, “Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station Mojave”, “MCAAS Mojave”, “MHV”, “Mojave Air & Space Port”, “Mojave Air & Space Port / Civilian Flight Test Center”, “Mojave Air & Space Port at Rutan Field”, “Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field”, “Mojave Air & Spaceport”, “Mojave Air and Space Port at Rutan Field”, “Mojave Air and Space Port/Rutan Field”, “Mojave Air and Spaceport”, “Mojave Airport”, “NAS Mojave”, and “Naval Air Station Mojave”
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Test Pilot School and Mojave Junior Senior High School.

Building
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The is the only civilian test-pilot school in the United States, located in . It is organized as a not-for-profit educational institute under state law and is governed by a board of trustees.

School
Mojave High School, is a nine-month public high school that is part of Clark County School District located in North Las Vegas, . After a year of sharing a campus at on a "double session" schedule where Cheyenne students attended…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mojave and Reefer City.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a city of 4,200 people in in the of . has a rich aerospace history because of nearby Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Palmdale Regional Airport.

Locality
is a ghost town in , . It was located 3.25 miles south-southwest of , at an elevation of 2762 feet. still appeared on maps as late as 1947.

Mojave Air and Space Port

Latitude
35.05859° or 35° 3′ 31″ north
Longitude
-118.15143° or 118° 9′ 5″ west
Elevation
2,753 feet (839 metres)
Operator
Kern County, California
IATA airport code
MHV
ICAO airport code
KMHV
Open location code
85733R5X+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44402430
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
5373966
Wiki­data ID
Q390522
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mojave Air and Space Port” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميناء موهافي الجوي والفضائي”
  • Cebuano: “Mojave Airport”
  • Chinese: “莫哈維機場”
  • Chinese: “莫哈維航空與太空機場”
  • Chinese: “莫哈韦航空航天港”
  • Dutch: “Mojave Air and Space Port”
  • Esperanto: “Aero-kosma haveno Moĥave”
  • French: “aéroport et port spatial de Mojave”
  • French: “Aéroport et port spatial de Mojave”
  • Galician: “Porto Aéreo e Espacial de Mojave”
  • German: “Flughafen Mojave”
  • German: “KMHV”
  • German: “MHV”
  • German: “Mojave Air & Space Port”
  • German: “Mojave Airport & Spaceport”
  • German: “Mojave Airport”
  • German: “Mojave Luft- und Raumfahrthafen”
  • German: “Mojave Spaceport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל האוויר והחלל מוהאבי”
  • Hungarian: “Mojave Air & Space Port”
  • Indonesian: “KMHV”
  • Indonesian: “MHV”
  • Italian: “spazioporto di Mojave”
  • Italian: “Spazioporto di Mojave”
  • Japanese: “モハーヴェ空港”
  • Japanese: “モハーベ空港”
  • Japanese: “モハヴェ空港”
  • Japanese: “モハベ空港”
  • Korean: “모하비 공항 및 우주항”
  • Persian: “KMHV”
  • Persian: “MHV”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی و فضایی موهاوی”
  • Portuguese: “Mojave Air & Space Port”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Espacial e Aéreo de Mojave”
  • Russian: “Аэрокосмический центр Мохаве”
  • Russian: “Космический порт Мохаве”
  • Russian: “Мохаве”
  • Slovenian: “Letališče in izstrelišče Mojave”
  • Slovenian: “Mojave Air and Space Port”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Aereo y Espacial de Mojave”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Aéreo y Espacial de Mojave”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи ҳавоӣ ва фазо муҳови”
  • Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Ҳавоӣ ва Фазоии Моҳаве”
  • Urdu: “موہاوی ایئراینڈ اسپیس پورٹ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chaffee and Fleta.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Airport Administration and Mojave Area Station.

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