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Edwards Air Force Base

US Air Force base near Lancaster, California, United States (founded 1935)
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Edwards Air Force Base
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Summary

Edwards Air Force Base is an air base[1]. It ranks in the top 0.76% of air base entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,646 views/month, #7 of 917).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kern County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Operator: United States Air Force[5]
  • Named after: Glen Edwards[6]
  • IATA airport code: EDW[7]
  • ICAO airport code: KEDW[8]
  • FAA airport code: EDW[9]
  • Part of: Air Force Materiel Command[10]
  • Commons category: Edwards Air Force Base[11]
  • Said to be the same as: Edwards Air Force Base[12]
  • Runway: 04R/22L[13], 04L/22R[14], 06/24[15], 05R/23L[16], 05L/23R[17], 12R/30L[18], 12L/30R[19], 07/25[20], 09/27[21], 17R/35L[22], 17C/35C[23], 17L/35R[24], 18R/36L[25], 18C/36C[26]
  • Inception: 1933[27]
  • Coordinate location: 34.923890144074896, -117.89125635635864[28]
  • Official website: https://www.edwards.af.mil[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Edwards Air Force Base[30]
  • Commons gallery: Edwards Air Force Base[31]
  • Population: 2063[32], 2135[33]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths at Edwards Air Force Base[34]
  • Number of households: 656[35], 692[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Edwards Air Force Base[37]
  • Elevation above sea level: 704.4[38]
  • Area: 44.379203[39], 44.377479[40]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.0039[41]
  • Patronage: 102[42], 160[43]
  • Water area: 0.001729[44]

Why It Matters

Edwards Air Force Base has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 34.923890144074896, 'longitude': -117.891256356
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    Inception → +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z
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