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Hawthorne Industrial Airport is a small, county-owned public-use airfield in the high desert of western Nevada, one mile north of the town of Hawthorne in Mineral County. It offers a single long paved runway alongside a shorter dirt strip, and its quiet, uncontrolled airspace and remote setting make it a straightforward but characterful stop for VFR pilots crossing the Great Basin.
Hawthorne Industrial Airport, known by the ICAO code KHTH, serves the small town of Hawthorne in Mineral County, Nevada. It is owned by Mineral County and was formerly known as Hawthorne Municipal Airport. The field sees a modest but varied mix of traffic, with general aviation, air taxi and some military operations, and its long paved runway combined with a much shorter dirt strip gives it an interesting dual character for visiting pilots.
The airport lies in Mineral County, Nevada, about one mile north of the central business district of Hawthorne. It is a public-use, uncontrolled field with no operating control tower.
Hawthorne Industrial Airport has two physical runways. The main runway, 10/28, is 5,981 feet long with a hard paved surface and is lit for night operations. The secondary runway, 15/33, is a shorter dirt strip measuring 3,645 feet, without lighting. There is no ILS approach at the field.
Traffic at Hawthorne should monitor the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 122.8 MHz, as there is no air traffic control service at the field. A frequency of 114.1 MHz is also listed in association with Reno, likely relating to the Reno VOR used for en-route navigation in the area.
As an uncontrolled airfield, pilots should self-announce their position and intentions on the CTAF/UNICOM frequency of 122.8 MHz when approaching, joining the circuit, and departing.
Hawthorne Industrial Airport was formerly known as Hawthorne Municipal Airport and has a long history of scheduled airline service despite its small size. Bonanza Airlines flew into Hawthorne during the 1950s. From 1963 through 1969 the airport was served by Hawthorne Nevada Airlines, an operator formed by the owners of the El Capitan Casino, which flew two Douglas DC-3s and a Lockheed L-049 Constellation on routes connecting Hawthorne with Long Beach, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Before Hawthorne Nevada Airlines began operating, the El Capitan Casino had relied on DC-3s and Douglas DC-4s flown into the airport by the supplemental carrier Blatz Airlines.
The airport covers an area of 901 acres and remains county-owned and open for public use. For the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2022, it recorded 13,690 aircraft operations, averaging 37 per day, with the traffic split roughly 89 percent general aviation, 5 percent air taxi and 5 percent military.
