Mojave Air & Space Port frequencies

Mojave Air & Space Port (MHV · KMHV) in Mojave, CA is a towered field, staffed 0700-1700 MON-FRI. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it, from the first call to the handoff on climb out. · Open on the map

All of Mojave Air & Space Port — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

When the KMHV tower is closed

The tower is staffed 0700-1700 MON-FRI. Outside those hours Mojave Air & Space Port has no operating control tower: it becomes a self announce field on 127.6, and separation from other traffic is yours, not a controller's. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

Runway lighting is often pilot controlled once the tower closes — check the KMHV airport page for the click sequence, and what to say on the radio.

Before taxi Mojave

ASOS/AWOS 132.225
An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.

Taxi & takeoff Mojave

Ground 123.9
Ground control owns every taxiway and inactive runway on the field. Call for taxi with your position and destination on the field. You need an explicit clearance to cross any runway, including one that is not in use.
Tower 127.6
Tower owns the active runways and the surrounding surface area. Call before entering the surface area inbound, and hold short until you are cleared to take off or to cross.

Departure & arrival Joshua

App/Dep 133.65
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

Also

CTAF 127.6
The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.
By procedure & sector (2 more)
288.35LCL/P
348.7APCH/P DEP/P
Every KMHV frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS132.225
Ground123.9
Tower127.6
CTAF127.6
App/Dep133.65

Frequently asked

What is the tower frequency at KMHV?

Mojave Air & Space Port tower is 127.6, calling "Mojave Tower". The tower is staffed 0700-1700 MON-FRI.

What frequency do I use at KMHV when the tower is closed?

Outside 0700-1700 MON-FRI, Mojave Air & Space Port has no operating control tower and becomes a self announce field. Use 127.6 as the CTAF and report your position and intentions — there is nobody to clear you, so separation is yours.

What is the ground frequency at KMHV?

Ground control at Mojave Air & Space Port is 123.9. You need an explicit clearance from ground to cross any runway while taxiing, including one that is not in use.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KMHV?

ASOS/AWOS at Mojave Air & Space Port is 132.225. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for KMHV?

App/Dep for Mojave Air & Space Port is 133.65, working as "Joshua". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.