Henderson Executive Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Henderson Executive Airport

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image-width = 150
caption = FAA airport diagram
IATA = HSH
ICAO = KHND
FAA = HND
type = Public
owner = Clark County, Nevada
operator = Clark County Department of Aviation
city-served = Las Vegas, Nevada
location =
elevation-f = 2,492
elevation-m = 760
website = [http://www.hnd.aero/ www.hnd.aero]
r1-number = 17R/35L
r1-length-f = 6,500
r1-length-m = 1,982
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 17L/35R
r2-length-f = 5,000
r2-length-m = 1,524
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 98,656
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 310
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=HND|use=PU|own=PU|site=13083.29*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Henderson Executive Airport Airport codes|HSH|KHND|HND is a public airport located 11 miles (18 km) south of the central business district of Las Vegas, in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The airport is owned by Clark County and operated by the Clark County Department of Aviation.

Originally known as Sky Harbor Airport, the airport was renamed in 1996 when it was purchased by Clark County to be used as a reliever airport for McCarran International Airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Henderson Executive Airport is assigned HND by the FAA and HSH [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/HSH Great Circle Mapper: HSH/KHND - Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport)] ] by the IATA (which assigned HND to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/HND Great Circle Mapper: HND/RJTT - Tokyo, Japan (Haneda Airport)] ] ). The airport's ICAO identifier is KHND [ [http://airnav.com/airport/KHND AirNav: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport] ] [ [http://flightaware.com/resources/airport/KHND FlightAware: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport] ] .

Facilities and aircraft

Henderson Executive Airport covers an area of 760 acres (308 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 17R/35L measuring 6,500 x 100 ft (1,982 x 30 m) and 17L/35R measuring 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2007, the airport had 98,656 aircraft operations, an average of 270 per day: 77% general aviation, 23% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 310 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine, 15% multi-engine and 3% jet.

References

External links

* [http://www.hnd.aero/ Henderson Executive Airport] (official site)
*PDF| [http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/aviation/diagrams/pdf/26hender.pdf Henderson Executive Airport] |25.7 KiB at Nevada DOT website
*WikiMapia|35.9729|-115.1344|15
*FAA-diagram|06514
*US-airport-ga|HND|HSH