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Edwards Air Force Base airport at Edwards (USA)

This airport has one of the longest runways in the world.

Edwards Air Force Base is a United States Air Force facility located in Southern California. It is home to the Air Force Test Center, the Air Force Test Pilot School and NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center. It is the Air Force materiel command center for conducting and supporting flight research and development, and for testing and evaluating concept-to-combat aerospace systems. It also hosts numerous test activities carried out by the American commercial aerospace industry. It was on this basis that Chuck Yeager was the first man to break the sound barrier and that the first landing of the Columbia space shuttle took place.

Edwards Air Force Base airport is located near Edwards, with Muroc at 1mi↑, Edwards Air Force Base at 3mi↑, North Edwards at 8mi↑, Boron at 15mi↑, Rosamond at 16mi↑, California City at 16mi↑, Mojave at 19mi↑, Lancaster at 20mi↑,

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Elevation : 705 m = 2313ft

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Runways

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weather : broken clouds at Muroc

nuages fragmentés
57°F
48 ↗ 63°F

wind ↑ 24mph
gusting to 25mph

Aviation weather for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

METAR for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

KEDW 241655Z 00000KT 90SM CLR 18/03 A3017 RMK AO2A SLP204 T01810032

Decoded METAR for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

METAR issued by KEDW on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 16:55 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 160 hours and -8635 minutes ago.

visibility is 145km = 90sm.

The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is a little humid : relative air humidity is 37%.

QNH is 1022hPa = 30.17inHg

Sky clear.

Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor A Sea Level Pressure SLP=204 T01810032

TAF for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

KEDW 241245Z 2413/2519 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3002INS TX29/2423Z TN08/2413Z

Decoded TAF for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

TAF issued by KEDW on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 12:45 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 20 hours and 15 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.

from Monday, March 24, 2025 à 13:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC

2413/2519 VRB06KT 9999 SKC QNH3002INS TX29/2423Z TN08/2413Z

sky clear

wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °

Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.

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