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KVBG — Vandenberg Space Force Base
Lompoc, CA · field elevation 368 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KVBG current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KVBG 100255Z AUTO 00000KT 6SM BR CLR 14/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01360131 52012 FZRANO TSNO $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 13 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Density altitude
- 103 ft · pressure altitude 218 ft
- Observed
- 41 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 9 nm. Last image 24 min ago.
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Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KVBG 091500Z 0915/1021 11009KT 9999 FEW280 QNH3005INS BECMG 0918/0919 35009KT 9999 FEW280 QNH3007INS BECMG 0922/0923 33010G15KT 9999 SCT280 QNH3002INS BECMG 1002/1003 02009KT 9999 BKN280 QNH3005INS BECMG 1019/1020 34009KT 9999 SKC QNH3002INS TX27/0921Z TN09/1013Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 34.73734, -120.58431
- Elevation
- 368 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1432Z / 0100Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-1700 EXCPT SAT-SUN & HOLIDAYS
- Magnetic variation
- 12°E (2020)
- Fuel
- A++
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Santa Barbara, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KVBG publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 15,000 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 133.125
- Tower 0800-1700 EXCPT SAT-SUN & HOLIDAYS
- 124.95
- Ground
- 121.75
- Clearance
- 121.75
- CTAF
- 124.95
- Approach
- 124.15
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — ILS
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSBA Santa Barbara Muni41 nm
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Elsewhere
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.