Lake Havasu City Airport

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Coordinates: 34°34′16″N 114°21′30″W / 34.57111, -114.35833

Lake Havasu City Airport
IATA: HII – ICAO: KHII – FAA: HII
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Lake Havasu City
Serves		Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Elevation AMSL		783 ft / 239 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14/32	8,001	2,439	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			50,956
Based aircraft			302
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 six miles (10 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]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Lake Havasu City Airport covers an area of 646 acres (261 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (14/32) measuring 8,001 x 100 ft. (2,439 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 50,956 aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day: 93% general aviation, 4% air taxi, 3% scheduled commercial and <1% military. There are 302 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single engine, 14% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft, 2% helicopters and 2% ultralights.^[1]