Lake Havasu City Airport

34°34′16″N 114°21′30″W

Lake Havasu City Airport
IATA: HII ICAO: KHII FAA LID: HII
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Lake Havasu City
Serves	Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Elevation AMSL	783 ft / 239 m
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending May 16, 2022) 52,900 Based aircraft 157
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

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 May 16, 2022, the airport had 52,900 aircraft operations, an average of 145 per day: 92% general aviation, 4% air taxi and 4% military. There was 157 aircraft based at this airport: 121 single engine, 13 multi-engine, 7 jet aircraft, 7 helicopter and 9 ultralight.[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]

Airline and destination

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Ameriflight	Phoenix

See also

• List of airports in Arizona

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for HII PDF, effective 2023-08-10
2. "Mesa Air grounds Lake Havasu route". The Business Journal of Phoenix. April 5, 2007. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
3. "Airport Master Plan, 1999" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2007-11-13. (1.12 MiB)
4. "Cost Recovery Analysis, December 2005" (PDF).^[permanent dead link‍] (2.90 MiB)
5. "FAA Passenger Boarding Data". Archived from the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
6. "FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011". Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
7. "Air Force plane crashes during landing at Lake Havasu Airport," Archived 2021-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Review Journal

External links

• Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport at official city website
• Lake Havasu City Airport (HII) at Arizona DOT airport directory

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for HII
  • AirNav airport information for KHII
  • ASN accident history for HII
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures