LADWP Mojave District Headquarters LADWP Mojave District Headquarters Location in Kern County and the state of California Location in Kern County and the state of California Mojave is positioned in the US Mojave - Mojave Mojave, looking east, from 10,000 feet (3,000 m) The Mojave Air and Space Port as viewed from close-by Highway 58 Mojave (formerly, Mohave) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.
Mojave is positioned 50 miles (80 km) east of Bakersfield, at an altitude of 2762 feet (842 m). The town is positioned in Antelope Valley, at the southwestern region of the Mojave Desert, below and east of Oak Creek Pass and the Tehachapi Mountains.
1.1 Mojave Airport: aviation and military use 1.2 Mojave Air and Space Port The town of Mojave began in 1876 as a assembly camp on the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mojave Airport: aviation and military use Located near Edwards Air Force Base, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, and Palmdale Regional Airport, Mojave has a rich aerospace history as well.
Besides being a general-use enhance airport, Mojave has three chief areas of activity: flight testing, space trade development, and airplane heavy maintenance and storage.
The closet airfield to the city, formerly known as the Mojave Airport, is now part of the Mojave Air and Space Port.
In 1935, Kern County established the Mojave Airport a half mile east of town to serve the gold and silver quarrying industry in the area.
Marine Corps took over the airport and period it into Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station (MCAAS) Mojave.
Many of the Corps' World War II aces received their gunnery training at Mojave.
During World War II, Mojave hosted 29 airplane squadrons, four Carrier Aircraft Service Detachments, and three Air Warning Squadrons.
Marine Corps reserve units were temporarily deployed to Mojave for two week periods.
MCAAS Mojave personnel peaked at 400 military and 200 civilians amid this period.
In February 1972, the East Kern Airport District was formed to administer the airport; EKAD maintains the airport to this day.
During the 1970s, Mojave Airport was served by commuter air carrier Golden West Airlines with scheduled passenger flights directed with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter turboprops direct to Los Angeles (LAX). Mojave Air and Space Port On November 20, 2012, the EKAD Board of Directors voted to change the name of the precinct to the Mojave Air and Space Port.
The airport is also the first inland spaceport in the United States, the Mojave Air and Space Port, which was the locale of the first private spaceflight, the launch of Space - Ship - One on June 21, 2004.
Mojave also has a Mojave Transportation Museum.
Mojave is positioned at 35 03 09 N 118 10 26 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 58.4 square miles (151 km2), over 99% of it land.
Mojave has a desert climate (Koppen: BWk, cold desert for using an isotherm of mean annual temperature of less than 18 C (64 F) or hot desert (BWh) for using an isotherm of less than 0 C (32 F) for the mean temperature of the coldest month.
Average January temperatures are a maximum of 57.8 F (14.3 C) and a minimum of 34.3 F (1.3 C).
Average July temperatures are a maximum of 97.7 F (36.5 C) and a minimum of 69.8 F (21 C).
There are an average of 98 days with highs of 90 F (32 C) and an average of 45.7 days with lows of 32 F (0 C).
Snow is mostly rare in Mojave, averaging 1.7 inches (4.3 cm).
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Mojave had a populace of 4,238.
The 2010 Enumeration reported that 4,238 citizens (100% of the population) lived in homeholds, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 1,525 homeholds, out of which 614 (40.3%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 597 (39.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 305 (20.0%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 111 (7.3%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The populace was spread out with 1,298 citizens (30.6%) under the age of 18, 509 citizens (12.0%) aged 18 to 24, 938 citizens (22.1%) aged 25 to 44, 1,052 citizens (24.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 441 citizens (10.4%) who were 65 years of age or older.
1,907 citizens (45.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 2,331 citizens (55.0%) lived in rental housing units.
There were 1,408 homeholds out of which 37.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families.
In the town 32.5% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
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