# China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport (KNID)

**China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport** (ICAO: KNID) is a medium airport in China Lake, California, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 3 runways; the longest is 11,199 ft (3,414 m). It is operated by United States Navy.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/knid

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KNID
- FAA: NID
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Navy
- Serves: China Lake, California, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 2,288 ft / 697 m
- Coordinates: 35.6854, -117.6920
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 11,199 ft / 3,414 m
- Instrument procedures: 7 approaches, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/ChinaLake/index.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3014558
- Weather station: KNID · WMO 74612
- Ident: KNID

## Timeline

- 1943: China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 11,199 ft / 3,414 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 03/21 | 10,000 ft / 3,048 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 042° / 222° | yes |
| 14/32 | 9,014 ft / 2,748 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 154° / 334° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00914AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 11,199 ft / 3,414 m | #579 of 29,858 | #137 in North America | #114 in US |
| Elevation | 2,288 ft / 697 m | #7,666 of 43,403 | #3,574 in North America | #2,731 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | JOSHUA APP/DEP | 133.650 |
| AAS | VFR ADVSY SVC | 133.650 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 32.237 |
| GND | GND | 36.020 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 34.315 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.150 |

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- [EDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kedw.md) Edwards Air Force Base · 55 mi / 88 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/knid/data