KNID — China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport
fog forecast & climatology · China Lake city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in September.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly
- Fog hours per year
- 5 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
- Fog season
- December and January
- Typical fog event
- ~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=32)
- Data through
- 2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json
When this airport fogs in
In a typical year China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport spends 5 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and January. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.
Fog season
China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport has no real fog season — dense fog is rare in every month (under 2 hours even in the peak month).
Runway infrastructure
| end | approach lights | best approach | length | RVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | — | — | 10,000 ft | — |
| 21 | — | — | 10,000 ft | — |
| 08 | — | — | 11,199 ft | — |
| 26 | — | — | 11,199 ft | — |
| 14 | — | — | 9,014 ft | — |
| 32 | — | — | 9,014 ft | — |
From FAA NASR / curated AIP Canada research. Approach-light class and minima tier drive how low an approach can be flown — details in the chase board.
For flight operations
EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.
Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.