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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↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in USA and Southernmost airports in USA
→ See also airports in USA
aerial view of Edwards Air Force Base airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KEDW
- IATA code : EDW
- Local code : -
Elevation : 705 m = 2313ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in USA
Runways
- runway 04R/22L : 4579m = 15023ft
- runway 04L/22R : 3658m = 12001ft
- runway 06/24 : 2438m = 7999ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in USA
Coming to Edwards Air Force Base airport
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- Amtrak Station Victorville, CA train station at 42mi
- Harvey House Rail Depot Barstow, CA train station at 49mi
- Downtown Burbank, CA train station at 56mi
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Aviation weather for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW
NOTAM for Edwards Air Force Base airport
NOTAMs are provided without any guarantee of their topicality. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM M0833/24
valid from Monday, September 16, 2024 at 14:42 to Monday, December 9, 2024 at 13:00
Issued on Monday, September 16, 2024 at 14:42
NOTAM M0943/24
valid from Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 21:25 to Friday, December 27, 2024 at 23:59
Issued on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 21:25
NOTAM M0938/24
valid from Monday, October 28, 2024 at 13:00 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 13:00
Issued on Wednesday, October 23, 2024 at 12:42
NOTAM M1009/24
valid from Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 17:14 to Monday, February 3, 2025 at 06:00
Issued on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 17:19
NOTAM M1011/24
valid from Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 14:30 to Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 00:30
Issued on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 21:40
NOTAM M1031/24
valid from Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 15:48 to Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 06:00
Issued on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 15:48
NOTAM M1058/24
valid from Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 16:00 to Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 23:59
Issued on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 16:18
NOTAM M1070/24
valid from Monday, November 25, 2024 at 17:42 to Monday, December 2, 2024 at 23:59
Issued on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 17:42
NOTAM M1067/24
valid from Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 04:00 to Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 05:30
Issued on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 16:44
NOTAM M1066/24
valid from Thursday, November 28, 2024 at 15:00 to Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 02:00
Issued on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 16:38
NOTAM M1068/24
valid from Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 02:00 to Friday, December 20, 2024 at 02:00
Issued on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 16:47
NOTAM M1069/24
valid from Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 15:00 to Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 01:00
Issued on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 16:49
Around Edwards Air Force Base airport at Edwards (USA)
near
- Hotels in Muroc
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2348mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2404mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 5584mi↑
- Paris at 5585mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 5586mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 5661mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 5675mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 5675mi↑
- Bordeaux at 5675mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 5676mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5694mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5694mi↑
- for Edwards Air Force Base airport at 0mi↑
- for Barnes airport at 5mi↑
- for Edwards Af Aux North Base airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to Edwards Air Force Base airport at Edwards (USA)
- Barnes airport ( US-6967) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Edwards Af Aux North Base airport ( 9L2) at 6mi↑METAR
- Air Force Research Laboratory heliport ( US-7176) at 11mi↑
- Boron West airport ( US-4140) at 11mi↑
- E Brown Ranch airport ( US-3534) at 12mi↑defunct airport
- Boron Northwest airport ( US-4139) at 12mi↑defunct airport
- Hyundai Motor Group California Proving Grounds heliport ( US-6696) at 13mi↑
- Borax heliport ( 28CL) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Pontious airport ( 1CL2) at 16mi↑
- Liberty Field airport ( US-3006) at 17mi↑defunct airport
- Boron Airstrip airport ( 57CL) at 17mi↑
- Sheriff's heliport ( 21CL) at 17mi↑
→ See also Former airports in USA
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap