Henderson Executive Airport 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 and is 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.National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS): 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. October 1, 2008.
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 location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Henderson Executive Airport is HND to the FAA and HSH to the IATAGreat Circle Mapper: HSH/KHND - Las Vegas, Nevada (Henderson Executive Airport) (which assigned HND to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, JapanGreat Circle Mapper: HND/RJTT - Tokyo, Japan (Haneda Airport)). The airport's ICAO identifier is KHND.AirNav: KHND - Henderson Executive Airport
Facilities The airport covers at an elevation of . It has two asphalt runways: 17R/35L is and 17L/35R is .
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.
The terminal has car rental, flight school, line service facilities and the Landings Restaurant.
See also List of airports in Nevada
References
External links Henderson Executive Airport , Official website Aerial photo as of June 1994 from USGS The National Map from Nevada DOT
Businesses based at Henderson Executive: Desert Flying Club - Nevada Non-Profit, Official website
NOAA/NWS current weather conditions