EDW

Edwards Air Force Base

ICAO KEDW34.9108°N 117.8864°W2,311 ft / 704 mMedium airport
On the map
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif, main base area
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Edwards Air Force Base (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW) is a medium airport in Edwards, California, United States. It opened in 1933. It has 3 runways; the longest is 15,024 ft (4,579 m). It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1933–2026
1933
OpenedEdwards Air Force Base opens.
15 JUN 2026
Disaster2026 Edwards Air Force Base B-52 crash.8 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
05R/23L058° / 238° · LIT
LENGTH15,024 ft4,579 mWIDTH300 ft91 mSURFACEConcrete
05L/23R
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt
07/25
LENGTH8,000 ft2,438 mWIDTH50 ft15 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway15,024 ft4,579 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#15of 29,823 · #3 North America · #2 USElevation2,311 ft704 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=7,561of 43,341 · =3,526 North America · #2,700 USAgeOpened 19332026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=521of 15,079 · =119 North America · =104 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DSPORT APP/DEP132.750
ATISATIS26.990
GNDGND121.800
MISCNASA FLT OPS135.825
PMSVPMSV METRO34.240
POSTCOMD POST30.400
PTDPTD37.220
TWRTWR120.700