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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Clark County Commission | ||||||||||||||
Operator | Clark County Department of Aviation | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Las Vegas | ||||||||||||||
Location | Henderson, Nevada | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 2,491 ft / 759 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°58′22″N 115°08′04″W / 35.97278°N 115.13444°W / 35.97278; -115.13444 | ||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration |
Henderson Executive Airport (IATA: HSH, ICAO: KHND, FAA LID: HND) is a public use government airport located in Henderson, Nevada, 13 miles south of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada. The airport is owned by, the Clark County Commission and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013 categorized it as a reliever airport.
It was founded by Arby Alper in 1967 on 912 acres purchased from the city of Henderson, and opened in 1970 as Sky Harbor Airport. Clark County bought the airport in 1996. And renamed it Henderson Executive Airport.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Henderson Executive Airport is HND——to the FAA and HSH——to the IATA (which assigned HND to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan). The airport's ICAO identifier is KHND.
Facilities※
The airport covers 760 acres (310 ha) at an elevation of 2,491 feet (759 m). It has two asphalt runways: 17R/35L is 6,501 by 100 feet (1,982 m × 30 m) and 17L/35R is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 m × 23 m).
In the year ending May 31, 2022 the airport had 78,000 aircraft operations, average 214 per day: 79% general aviation, 21% air taxi and <1% military. 256 aircraft were then based at the airport: 193 single-engine, 22 multi-engine, 38 jet and 3 helicopter.
The terminal has car rental, flight school, line service facilities and "the Landings Restaurant."
See also※
References※
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for HND PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS): 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. October 1, 2008.
- ^ Joyce, Nedra (October 11, 1967). "Henderson Asked to Sell Land for Private Airport". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ Deane, Laura (August 2, 1970). "Man's Dream Coming True - Sky Harbor". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
- ^ "California Flying, Viva Las Vegas". February 1, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: HSH/KHND - Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: HND/RJTT - Tokyo, Japan (Haneda Airport)
- ^ AirNav: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport
External links※
- Henderson Executive Airport, Official website
- Aerial photo as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map
- "Diagram of Henderson Executive Airport (HND)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. (32.6 KB) from Nevada DOT
- FAA Airport Diagram for Henderson Executive (HND) (PDF), effective July 11, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Henderson Executive (HND), effective July 11, 2024
- Businesses based at Henderson Executive:
- Desert Flying Club - Nevada Non-Profit, Official website
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HND
- AirNav airport information for KHND
- ASN accident history for HSH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- NOAA/NWS current weather conditions
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