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Edwards Air Force Base airport (United State)

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↑,

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aerial view of Edwards Air Force Base airport

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Elevation : 705 m = 2313ft

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Runways

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weather : sky clear at Muroc

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46 ↗ 59°F

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Aviation weather for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

METAR for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

KEDW 291755Z COR 00000KT 80SM SCT270 SCT300 09/03 A3011 RMK AO2A SLP196 T00940027 10094 20026 52011 COR 1808

Decoded METAR for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

METAR issued by KEDW on Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 17:55 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 64 hours and -2841 minutes ago.

visibility is 129km = 80sm.

The temperature is 9°C = 48°F, dew point is 3°C = 37°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 66 %.

QNH is 1020hPa = 30.11inHg

Clouds : scattered clouds at 27000ft = 8230m. scattered clouds at 30000ft = 9140m.

Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor A Sea Level Pressure SLP=196 T00940027 10094 20026 52011 COR 1808

TAF for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

KEDW 262030Z 2620/2720 VRB05KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3024INS BECMG 2621/2622 05009KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3019INS BECMG 2701/2702 VRB04KT 9999 FEW080 SCT250 QNH3022INS TX20/2623Z TN02/2714Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 2620 NEXT 0114

Decoded TAF for Edwards Air Force Base airport KEDW EDW

TAF issued by KEDW on Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 20:30 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 14 hours and 4 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.

from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 20:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 21:00 heure UTC

2620/2720 VRB05KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3024INS

wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is °

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

few clouds at 25000ft = 7620m

becoming from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 22:00 heure TU to Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 01:00 heure UTC

BECMG 2621/2622 05009KT 9999 FEW250 QNH3019INS

wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 50°

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

few clouds at 25000ft = 7620m

becoming from Wednesday, November 26, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Thursday, November 27, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC

BECMG 2701/2702 VRB04KT 9999 FEW080 SCT250 QNH3022INS TX20/2623Z TN02/2714Z

wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is °

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

few clouds at 8000ft = 2440m scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m

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