NID - China Lake Naws (Armitage Fld)

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Location: China Lake, CA

Elevation: 2,288ft

Sectional: Los Angeles

Activation date: May 1952

Fuel: None

Runway 08/26: 11,199ft

Runway 03/21: 10,000ft

Runway 14/32: 9,014ft

Access: Private to everyone

This is a military facility.

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2026-03-17 11:56:00 PDT

Ceiling:	Sky clear
Wind:	Calm
Temperature:	82°F
Dewpoint:	35°F
Weather:	N/A
Visbility:	10SM
Clouds:	Scattered @ 28,000ft

Raw: METAR KNID 171856Z 00000KT 10SM SCT280 28/02 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP192 T02780017

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Jasu - 3(gtc-85), 5(nc-10a1), 1(nc-10b), 1(nc-10c), 7(am32a-108), 4(a/m47a-4), 4(msu-200).
Fuel - f24- avbl 1400-0700z++ mon-thu; 1400-0430z++ alt thu-fri; 2200-0700z++ sun
Oil - o-133-156.
Tran alert - exp svc delay. ltd tran svc avbl 1530-0300z++ mon-fri.
Rstd - ppr dsn 437-5301. all ppr issued 1530-0630z++ weekdays only.
Cstms/ag/img - cstms not avbl. acft entering fr foreign countries must clear cstms prior arr.
Misc - tran acft to/fr china lake nid must ctc r2508 complex control board for sked/brief prior to obtaining a ppr. portions of apch end rwy 26 and adj twy not visible fr twr.
Misc: ltd pax svc avbl.
Service lgt: rwy 03/21, rwy 08/26 and 14/32 mrkd and lgtd 200 ft wide.
Rstd: ppr civil acft offl bus. for calp reqs ctc airfield mgr 760-939-5032 or trml 760-939-5301. rstd afld hrs subj chg. pilots filing knid china lake as an altn or emerg div are adzd to call base ops dsn 437-5475 to vfy operg hrs.
Caution - bird haz near golf crs, wi class d airspace, oct-apr.
Caution: twy b and twy g not lgtd.
Caution: twy c clsd.
Caution: rwy 8/26 clsd for const.
Avbl only during hrs of operation.
Tfc pat - reduced rwy separation std in eff usn/usmc acft. ns abtmt - dep avoid ovft china lake and city of ridgecrest 2 nm sse.
Clsd altn fri. open 1530-2030z++, clsd 2030-2300z++, open 2330-0100z++ 1st working/non-hol fri of the month. sat-sun opr by ppr/lcl use only. see flip ap/1 supplementary arpt info.
Hook e28(b) (1657 ft).
Hook e28(b) (1501 ft).
Hook e28(b) (2793 ft).
Hook e28(b) (1199 ft).
Horizontal datum wgs84.
Horizontal datum wgs84.
Horizontal datum wgs84.
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Horizontal datum wgs84.
Hook e28(b) (1765 ft).
Hook e28(b) (1545 ft).

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