Henderson Executive Airport

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Henderson Executive Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
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″N115°08′04″W / 35.97278°N 115.13444°W / 35.97278; -115.13444
Website www.hnd.aero
Map
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HND
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HND
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17R/35L6,5011,982 Asphalt
17L/35R5,0011,524Asphalt
Statistics (May 2021 - May 2022)
Aircraft operations78,000
Based aircraft256

Not to be confused with Henderson Aviation Airport in the U.S. state of Delaware

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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 [1] 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 . [2]

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. [3] [4] Clark County bought the airport in 1996 and renamed it Henderson Executive Airport. [5]

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 [1] and HSH to the IATA [6] (which assigned HND to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan [7] ). The airport's ICAO identifier is KHND. [6] [8]

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). [1]

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. [1]

The terminal has car rental, flight school, line service facilities and the Landings Restaurant.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for HND PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 13, 2023.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS): 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. October 1, 2008.
  3. ↑ Joyce, Nedra (October 11, 1967). "Henderson Asked to Sell Land for Private Airport". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  4. ↑ Deane, Laura (August 2, 1970). "Man's Dream Coming True - Sky Harbor". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  5. ↑ "California Flying, Viva Las Vegas". February 1, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Great Circle Mapper: HSH/KHND - Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport)
  7. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: HND/RJTT - Tokyo, Japan (Haneda Airport)
  8. ↑ AirNav: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport
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