KEDW IATA EDW Medium Airport

Airport record

Edwards Air Force Base

Edwards, California, United States

12,000+ ft runwayMulti-runway
WGS 84 position 34.91078°, -117.88639° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 2,312 ft MSL

705 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 3

1 reported lighted · 2 reported not lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 16,798 ft

5,120 metres · 05R/23L

PUBLISHED COMMS 8

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
05R/23L 16,798 × 300 ft5,120 × 91 m Concrete 58.0° / 238.0° northeast–southwest Reported lighted Reported open
05L/23R 12,000 × 200 ft3,658 × 61 m Asphalt Not published Reported not lighted Reported open
07/25 8,000 × 50 ft2,438 × 15 m Concrete 77.0° / 257.0° east–west Reported not lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
05R LE · low-numbered end 05R/23L Reported open 58.0°T 2,303 ft MSL702 m Not published 34.89457°, -117.90500° Open end map ↗
23L HE · high-numbered end 05R/23L Reported open 238.0°T 2,282 ft MSL696 m 1,760 ft536 m 34.91886°, -117.85738° Open end map ↗
05L LE · low-numbered end 05L/23R Reported open Not published 2,312 ft MSL705 m Not published 34.90274°, -117.90481° Open end map ↗
23R HE · high-numbered end 05L/23R Reported open Not published 2,289 ft MSL698 m Not published 34.92010°, -117.87078° Open end map ↗
07 LE · low-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 77.0°T 2,289 ft MSL698 m Not published 34.89470°, -117.88200° Open end map ↗
25 HE · high-numbered end 07/25 Reported open 257.0°T 2,276 ft MSL694 m Not published 34.89950°, -117.85600° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
A/D 132.750 MHz SPORT APP/DEP
ATIS 26.990 MHz ATIS
GND 121.800 MHz GND
MISC 135.825 MHz NASA FLT OPS
PMSV 34.240 MHz PMSV METRO
POST 30.400 MHz COMD POST
PTD 37.220 MHz PTD
TWR 120.700 MHz TWR

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Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.