Edwards AF Aux North Base
9L2 · Edwards, California · Kern County · map
Edwards AF Aux North Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles north of Edwards, California, 2,299 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,998 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9L2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 2,299 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 2:00 pm to 0600z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,998 × 150 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure | 133.65 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: California City Municipal (12 nm northwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (15 nm west), General WM J Fox Airfield (23 nm southwest), Tehachapi Municipal (30 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: California City Municipal (12 nm northwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (15 nm west), Rosamond Skypark Airport (18 nm southwest), General WM J Fox Airfield (23 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Military airport. Authorized for military use only.
- Activate PAPI runway 6 and 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 6/24 - 129.1
- Closed wkend and holidays.
- Auw 250.
- Prior permission required strictly enforced. Closed to all tran aircraft WO prior approval of 412 OG/CC. all turns will be made on concrete areas of runway located at the approach end, dept end and MID-FLD. if unable to exit a cntr taxiway, aircraft must proceed to departure end to initiate turn and exit MID-FLD.
- Caution: runway 06/24 has potential for hydroplaning dur and after rainfall events. Pilots use ctn when brkg dur wet runway condition.
- First 200 feet runway 06 and first 200 feet runway 24 concrete. Mid 5598 feet of runway 06/24 is porous friction surface except for 300 feet concrete cntr. Turnarounds pmtd on concrete surfaces only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Edwards from the FAA register
38 aircraft are registered to owners in Edwards, California: 21 business jets, 6 drones, 5 turboprops, 2 piston singles, 2 airliners and large jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Edwards Aero Club 4 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 7 miles away
- 95 Msg/Svra Aero Club 1 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 7 miles away
- Edwards Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · Edwards Afb, 7 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Edwards 38 aircraft · 21 business jets, 6 drones, 5 turboprops
- NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center 29 aircraft in town
- NASA 2 aircraft in town
- Edwards Aero Club 4 aircraft · flying club
- 95 Msg/Svra Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Edwards Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/9L2.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.