KNID China Lake Naws (Armitage Fld)

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 187 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind 240° true at 6 kt · VFR · 187 min old

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26 22% 11199 ft · 5 kt head, 3 kt x-left

21 22% 10000 ft · 6 kt head, 2 kt x-right

14 18% 9014 ft · 0 kt head, 6 kt x-right

32 18% 9014 ft · 0 kt TAIL, 6 kt x-left

8 10% 11199 ft · 5 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-right

3 9% 10000 ft · 6 kt TAIL, 2 kt x-left

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 26

WIND 5 kt headwind, 3 kt left crosswind 187 min ago +0.14
PRIOR runway length 11199 ft +0.02

Runway 21

WIND 6 kt headwind, 2 kt right crosswind 187 min ago +0.16

Runway 14

PRIOR runway length 9014 ft -0.02
WIND 0 kt headwind, 6 kt right crosswind 187 min ago -0.01

Runway 32

WIND 0 kt headwind, 6 kt left crosswind 187 min ago -0.04
PRIOR runway length 9014 ft -0.02

Runway 8

WIND 5 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt right crosswind 187 min ago -0.64
PRIOR runway length 11199 ft +0.02

Runway 3

WIND 6 kt TAILWIND, 2 kt left crosswind 187 min ago -0.75

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	187 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KNID field & runways

China Lake Naws (Armitage Fld), China Lake, California. Field elevation 2288 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. Magnetic variation 14.0°E on record, 11.5°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.082°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface
14	154.2°	142.7°	matches rule gives runway 15 in ~28 yr	9,014 ft	ASPH
21	222.1°	210.6°	matches rule gives runway 22 in ~54 yr	10,000 ft	CONC
26	270.8°	259.3°	matches	11,199 ft	CONC
3	42.1°	30.6°	matches rule gives runway 4 in ~54 yr	10,000 ft	CONC
32	334.2°	322.7°	matches rule gives runway 33 in ~28 yr	9,014 ft	ASPH
8	90.8°	79.3°	matches	11,199 ft	CONC

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KNID ☆ China Lake Naws (Armitage Fld)