VBG

Vandenberg Space Force Base

ICAO KVBG34.7373°N 120.5840°W368 ft / 112 mMedium airport
On the map
Atlas V (411) with NROL 28 on Space Launch Complex-3E
U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christian Thomas · Public domain · Commons

Vandenberg Space Force Base (IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG) is a medium airport in Lompoc, California, United States. It opened on 5 Oct 1941. It has one runway, 15,000 ft (4,572 m) long, concrete. It is operated by United States Space Force.

Timeline

11 events · 1941–2021
MAR 1941
MilestoneAcquisition.
SEP 1941
MilestoneConstruction.
05 OCT 1941
OpenedVandenberg Space Force Base opens.
05 OCT 1941
MilestoneActivation.
JUN 1946
MilestoneDeactivation.
AUG 1950
MilestoneActivation.
31 MAR 1953
MilestoneDeactivation.
APR 1957
MilestoneRenovation.
21 JUN 1957
MilestoneTransfer.
04 OCT 1958
MilestoneName change.
14 MAY 2021
MilestoneTransfer.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
12/30137° / 317° · LIT
LENGTH15,000 ft4,572 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEConcrete

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway15,000 ft4,572 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=18of 29,823 · =5 North America · =4 USElevation368 ft112 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=29,686of 43,341 · =13,899 North America · =11,693 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 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

9 channels
A/DSANTA BARB APP/DEP124.150
ACPCOMD POST31.100
ATISATIS133.125
CTAFCTAF124.950
GCCDGND/CLNC DEL121.750
MISCRANGE CON121.400
PMSVPMSV METRO34.240
PTDPTD126.200
TWRTWR124.950