Lake Havasu City Airport

Lake Havasu City Airport (IATA: HII, ICAO: KHII, FAA LID: HII), also known as Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located 6 miles (5.2 nmi; 9.7 km) north of the central business district of Lake Havasu City, in Mohave County, Arizona, United States.[1]

Lake Havasu City Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLake Havasu City
ServesLake Havasu City, Arizona
Elevation AMSL783 ft / 239 m
Map
HII
HII
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Aircraft operations (year ending April 30, 2019)47,675
Based aircraft143

The airport is mostly used for general aviation. Until May 5, 2007, scheduled service to Phoenix and Las Vegas was provided by Mesa Airlines, operating as US Airways Express[2] (previously America West Express[3][4]).

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 8,174 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 6,082 enplanements in 2006.[5] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011, Lake Havasu City Airport is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Lake Havasu City Airport covers an area of 646 acres (261 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway;

  • 14/32 measuring 8,000 x 100 ft (2,438 x 30 m)[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2019, the airport had 47,675 aircraft operations, an average of 131 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 1% military. There was 143 aircraft based at this airport: 115 single engine, 15 multi-engine, 5 jet aircraft, 3 helicopters and 5 ultralights.[1]

Incidents and accidents

On April 23, 2018, an Air Force F-16 fighter jet crash landed while attempting an emergency landing during a routine training flight. The pilot ejected safely as the plane went off the end of the runway.[7]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for HII (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. "Mesa Air grounds Lake Havasu route". The Business Journal of Phoenix. April 5, 2007.
  3. "Airport Master Plan, 1999" (PDF). (1.12 MiB)
  4. "Cost Recovery Analysis, December 2005" (PDF). (2.90 MiB)
  5. FAA Passenger Boarding Data
  6. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  7. "Air Force plane crashes during landing at Lake Havasu Airport," Review Journal


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