China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)

KNID · California, United States

The METAR station used is 48 NM away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 050° China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) 3/21
Wind: 5 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

1 kt
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0 ft 6,000 12,000 18,000 24,000 30,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 25,000
METAR KEDW 061955Z 05005KT 90SM SCT250 20/M07 A3002 RMK AO2A SLP156 CONTRAILS T01991067

METAR China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) - KNID

China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) is a midsized airport in California, United States. The airport is located at latitude 35.68552 and longitude -117.69193. The airport has 3 runways: 3/21, 8/26 and 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is KNID. The local airport ID (FAA LID) of this airport is NID. The airport is in the Los Angeles FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Edwards Air Force Base on May 6, 2024 12:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 050° with a speed of 5 kt.

Visibility is 90 mi.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 25,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 20 °C. The dew point is -7 °C, the relative humidity is 16%. The air pressure at sea level is 30.02 inHg (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:52 and sets at 19:42. This applies to China Lake Naws (Armitage Field), the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is -7 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
3/21 042°-222° 5 kt 14 %
8/26 090°-270° 3 kt 4 kt 64 %
14/32 154°-334° 5 kt 1 kt 97 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Clouds

25,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 19.9 °C
Dewpoint -6.7 °C
Rel. humidity 16%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2AAutomatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation. The measurements are checked by a human.
SLP156Sea level pressure is 29.99 inHg (29.99 inHg)
T01991067Temperature is 19.9 °C (67.8 °F), dew point is -6.7 °C (19.9 °F)
CONTRAILS

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:54
Midday
12:48
Sunset
19:41 (6:24h)

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