Edwards Air Force Base
EDW · KEDW · Edwards, California · Kern County · map
Edwards Air Force Base is a private airport owned by Usaf, 6 miles southwest of Edwards, California, 2,311 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05R/23L, is 15,024 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, JP-8).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KEDW · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 50 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 12,000 feet
- Temperature 95°F (35°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind light and variable, clear skies
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEDW 062155Z 01006KT 50SM FEW120 35/03 A2991 RMK AO2A SLP103 T03520026
TAF KEDW 062100Z 0621/0803 VRB05KT 9999 SKC QNH2988INS TX35/0622Z TN15/0714Z
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EDW · ICAO KEDW
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 2,311 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates 1400-0600z++mon-fri, 1400-2200z++ saturday, closed sunday and holidays.
- Attended
- every day, monday to friday
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05R/23L | 15,024 × 300 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 05L/23R | 12,000 × 200 ft | Asphalt | |
| 07/25 | 8,000 × 50 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 05R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 23L: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.7 | Edwards · Uhf 318.1 |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.425 | Edwards |
| Ground | 121.8 | Edwards |
| Approach and departure | 133.65 | Edwards |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Edwards |
| Nasa and operations | 135.825 | Edwards |
Aircraft registered in Edwards from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Edwards, California: 21 business jets, 6 drones, 3 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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Uhf 318.1
- Estimated arp calculated based on runway 05L/23R and 05R/23L only.
- Closed wkend, holidays, and afmc family days.
- Operates Monday 1400-FRI 0600Z++. based on msn rqmnts, afld may close after schedule last landing. NOTAM will be issued advertising early afld closures.
- Hook BAK-12(B)(2500')
- Hook BAK-12B(B)(1518')
- Hook BAK-12B(B) (1559')
- 100LL fuel available through prior arngmt with aero club only dsn 527-2376, C661-275-2376.
- Unusable beyond 7 degrees right of runway centerline.
- Unusable beyond 7 degrees right of runway centerline.
- A-GEAR - BAK-12B(B) in raised posn on departure end of act runway. BAK-12B(B) rqr 20 minimum PN for approach end engagement. When afld closed BAK-12B(B) in raised posn departure end runway 23, removed approach end runway 23. 8 PT TIE-DOWNS on all BAK-12B in raised posn.
- Jasu: (A/M32C-10D) (MA-3D) 2(A/M32A-86D) (MC-5 LO-PACK) (sgnsc) (PMU-29E) 2(A/M32A-60A).
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.