Henderson Executive Airport is a public use government

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located in

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, 13 miles south of

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, in Clark County,

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. The airport is owned by the

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and operated by the

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. The

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for 2009-2013 categorized it as a ''

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''. 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

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for the

and

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, but Henderson Executive Airport is HND to the FAA and HSH to the IATAGreat Circle Mapper: HSH/KHND - Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport)
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). The airport's

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identifier is KHND.AirNav: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport
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Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways: 17R/35L is and 17L/35R is . In the year ending September 30, 2015 the airport had 71,323 aircraft operations, average 195 per day: 86%

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, 14%

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and <1% military. 252 aircraft were then based at the airport: 81% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 7% jet and 3%

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

References

External links

Henderson Executive Airport
Official website
Aerial photo as of June 1994
from

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* * * Businesses based at Henderson Executive: *
Desert Flying Club - Nevada Non-Profit
Official website ** NOAA/NW

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