Location & Surroundings
Edwards Air Force Base is an airbase in California, United States, at 703 m elevation. The nearest larger town is California City, 25 km to the northwest. The national capital Washington is about 3630 km to the east. The nearest airport is Borax Airport, 21 km away.
Also known as: Base de la Fuerza Aérea Edwards · Base Aérea de Edwards · Base aérienne Edwards · エドワーズ空軍基地 · Эдвардс · 爱德华兹空军基地
Overview
Edwards Air Force Base is US Air Force base near Lancaster, California, United States (founded 1935).
It is located in Kern County, Air Force Materiel Command, United States.
Established in 1933-00-00.
The population is about 2,135 (2019).
It covers about 44 square kilometre.
The elevation is around 704 metre.
Also known as: Edwards AFB, Muroc Air Force Base, Muroc AFB
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Basic Data
- Country United States
- Located in Kern County
- Area 44 square kilometre
- Type airbase (AIRB)
- an area used to store supplies, provide barracks for air force personnel, hangars and runways for aircraft, and from which operations are initiated
Geography
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Coordinates
34° 54' 55" N, 117° 53' 36" W
- Elevation 703 m (DEM: 709 m)
- Timezone America/Los_Angeles
- Time Shift GMT -8 (DST -7)
Statistics & Country
- Pop. Density 0 p/km²
- Built-up 4.6%
- Settlement Very low density rural
- Currency Dollar (USD)
- Phone Prefix +1
Sun & Local Time
- Local time 19:26
- Sunrise 07:00
- Sunset 18:11
- Day length 11 h 11 min
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Weather in Edwards AFB
Current conditions and a 3-day (72-hour) weather forecast for Edwards AFB, updated from the NOAA GFS model.
Now 22.1 C with mostly clear skies and a 0.9 m/s easterly wind. Next 24h: 16.0 to 26.4 C, max wind 3.9 m/s. No precipitation expected. Solar peaks near 604 W/m2.
| Hour | Temp (C) | Wind (m/s) | Dir (deg) | RH (%) | Pressure (hPa) | Precip (step/total mm) | Clouds (%) | Solar (W/m2) | UV-B (W/m2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOW | 22.1 | 0.9 | 103 | 24 | 1,014.1 | - / 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| 6h | 26.4 | 3.9 | 217 | 17 | 1,008.7 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 603.6 | n/a |
| 12h | 18.9 | 3.0 | 216 | 41 | 1,010.9 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 15.4 | n/a |
| 18h | 16.0 | 1.1 | 264 | 46 | 1,010.7 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 5 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Tomorrow | 21.4 | 0.8 | 42 | 32 | 1,011.8 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 221.2 | n/a |
| 30h | 25.3 | 2.0 | 170 | 26 | 1,007.9 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 15 | 578.2 | n/a |
| 36h | 17.8 | 3.1 | 267 | 51 | 1,011.1 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 13.8 | n/a |
| 42h | 14.2 | 1.7 | 242 | 68 | 1,011.5 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Wednesday | 18.8 | 1.5 | 103 | 47 | 1,011.9 | 0.00 / 0.00 | 0 | 219.7 | n/a |
| 54h | 17.3 | 9.9 | 242 | 57 | 1,008.2 | 0.11 / 0.11 | 93 | 508.0 | n/a |
| 60h | 13.8 | 2.8 | 270 | 85 | 1,010.7 | 8.04 / 8.14 | 98 | 4.8 | n/a |
| 66h | 14.6 | 2.0 | 252 | 73 | 1,010.6 | 0.00 / 6.94 | 0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| Thursday | 16.3 | 3.8 | 235 | 56 | 1,012.7 | 0.00 / 0.07 | 56 | 215.2 | n/a |
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Links
- Wikidata entry Wikidata entry
- Wikipedia (DE) Wikipedia (DE)
- Wikipedia (EN) Wikipedia (EN)
- Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons
- Official website www.edwards.af.mil
- Commons category Edwards Air Force Base