China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)
NID · KNID · China Lake, California · Kern County · map
China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 3 miles northwest of China Lake, California, 2,288 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 11,199 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NID · ICAO KNID
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 2,288 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1530-0630z++ mon-fri; closed altn friday. 2300-0000z++ sunday. open 1530-2030z++, closed 2030z++, open 2300-0000z++ 1st working/ non-hol friday of the month. sat-sun operates by prior permission required/local use only.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 3:30 pm to 0630z++; Sunday, 11:00 pm to 0100z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- 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
- May 1952
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 11,199 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 10,000 × 200 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 9,014 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Tower | 120.15 | China Lake |
| Approach and departure · VFR and adzy | 133.65 | China Lake |
| Emergency | 121.5 | China Lake |
| VFR and adzy | 126.55 | China Lake |
| VFR and adzy | 127.5 | China Lake |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Inyokern Airport (7 nm west), California City Municipal (36 nm southwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (44 nm southwest), Tehachapi Municipal (49 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Inyokern Airport (7 nm west), California City Municipal (36 nm southwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (44 nm southwest), Tehachapi Municipal (49 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
- Available only during hours of operation.
- Traffic pattern - reduced runway separation standard in effective usn/usmc aircraft. NS abtmt - departure avoid ovft China Lake and city of ridgecrest 2 NM sse.
- Closed altn Friday. Open 1530-2030Z++, closed 2030-2300Z++, open 2330-0100Z++ 1ST WORKING/NON-HOL Friday of the month. SAT-SUN operates by prior permission required/local use only. See flip AP/1 supplementary airport information.
- Hook E28(B) (1657 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (1765 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (2793 feet).
- Hook E28(B) (1545 feet).
- Ols
- Ols
- Ols
- Horizontal datum WGS84.
- Horizontal datum WGS84.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in China Lake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list China Lake, CA as the owner's town.
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:
- Sierra Soaring Club 3 aircraft · Ridgecrest, 4 miles away Sierra Soaring Club is a flying club based in Inyokern, California, that operates sailplanes for flight training, scenic rides, and cross-country soaring.
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Sierra Soaring Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,708 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NID.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 November 2, 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.