Lake Havasu City Airport , also known as Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located six miles (10 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Lake Havasu City

Lake Havasu City, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,938 people, 17,911 households, and 12,716 families residing in the city. The population density was 974.4 people per square mile . There were 23,018 housing units at an average density of 534.8 per square mile...

, in Mohave County

Mohave County, Arizona

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, Arizona

Arizona

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, United States

United States

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.

The airport is mostly used for general aviation

General aviation

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. Until May 5, 2007, scheduled service to Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

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 and Las Vegas

McCarran International Airport

McCarran International Airport is the principal commercial airport serving Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is located five miles south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in the unincorporated area of Paradise in Clark County. It covers an area of and...

 was provided by Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines

Mesa Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline based in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a FAA Part 121 certificated air carrier operating under air carrier certificate number MASA036A issued on June 29, 1979. It is a subsidiary of Mesa Air Group. It was known briefly as Mountain West Airlines from...

, operating as US Airways Express

US Airways Express

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 (previously America West Express

America West Express

America West Express was the name for America West Airlines commuter and regional flights operated by Mesa Air Group's Mesa Airlines under a code share agreement...

).

As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, the airport had 8,174 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

Calendar year

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 2005 and 6,082 enplanements in 2006. 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.

Facilities and aircraft

Lake Havasu City Airport covers an area

Area

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 of 646 acres (261.4 ha) which contains one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 (14/32) measuring 8,001 x 100 ft (2,439 x 30 m).

For the 12-month

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 period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 50,956 aircraft operations, an average

Average

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 of 139 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi

Air taxi

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, 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military. There are 302 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft

Jet aircraft

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, 2% helicopter

Helicopter

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s and 2% ultralights.

External links

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