Airports/California/Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards Air Force Base, California

Medium airport in Kern County, California

53° 94°/56°

Clear· Feels like 53°·Light air 3 mph WSW

Now. Edwards Air Force Base is 53° and clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 98°, and the coolest Monday, near 94°. The days ahead look dry. Tomorrow is hot, 96°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:37 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 8:56 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 53 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV

-Air quality

45%Humidity

2%Cloud

Now

6:00 AM

53feels53

Today

Sep 30

9456

Thu

Oct 1

9659

Fri

Oct 2

9863

Sat

Oct 3

9764

Sun

Oct 4

9664

Mon

Oct 5

9462

Tue

Oct 6

9461

53°

94°56°

96°59°

98°63°

97°64°

96°64°

94°62°

94°61°

As of 6:00 AM in Edwards Air Force Base, California.

Airfield

Code: EDW
ICAO: KEDW
IATA: EDW
Field elevation: 2,312 ft
Serves: Edwards
Kind: Medium airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: EDW
Wind now: From 350° at 3 mph, read 30 Sep, 05:55

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
05L / 23R unlit	12,000 ft	200 ft	Asphalt	58° / 238°	1 mph head, on 05L	3 mph from the left
05R / 23L	16,798 ft	300 ft	Concrete	58° / 238°	1 mph head, on 05R	3 mph from the left
07 / 25 unlit	8,000 ft	50 ft	Concrete	77° / 257°	0 mph head, on 07	3 mph from the left

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Edwards Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Edwards AFBEDW

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/2,303 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Saddleback Butte - RAWS #5122SDLC1

A remote fire weather station/17.2 mi away/2,664 ft/352 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

California City 8.8 SWCA-KN-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.4 mi away/2,364 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

PalmdalePMDC1