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KVBG — Vandenberg Space Force Base
Lompoc, CA · field elevation 368 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KVBG current weather
LIFR ceiling below 500 ft or visibility under 1 statute mile
SPECI KVBG 111200Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/8SM BR OVC002 16/15 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP147 TSNO $
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 1.13 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 200 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Density altitude
- 524 ft · pressure altitude 328 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
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 22 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KVBG 102209Z 1022/1204 27009KT 9999 SCT006 SCT200 QNH2995INS TEMPO 1022/1024 BKN006 BECMG 1023/1024 27009KT 8000 BR BKN006 QNH2997INS BECMG 1102/1103 VRB06KT 4800 BR OVC004 QNH3000INS BECMG 1106/1107 VRB06KT 1600 BR OVC003 QNH3002INS BECMG 1108/1109 VRB06KT 0800 FG VV002 QNH3004INS BECMG 1115/1116 VRB06KT 4800 BR OVC004 QNH3001INS BECMG 1117/1118 28009KT 9999 NSW BKN006 BKN120 QNH2997INS BECMG 1119/1120 27009KT 9999 SCT008 SCT120 QNH2995INS BECMG 1123/1124 27009KT 9999 BKN007 QNH2993INS BECMG 1201/1202 VRB06KT 8000 BR OVC005 QNH2996INS BECMG 1203/1204 VRB06KT 4800 BR OVC003 QNH2999INS TX23/1121Z TN13/1114Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1100 NEXT 1114
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
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
- 1320Z / 0255Z
- Tower hours
- 0800-1700 EXCPT SAT-SUN & HOLIDAYS
- Magnetic variation
- 12° (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 — LS
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KSBA Santa Barbara Muni41 nm
- KPRB Paso Robles Muni56 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KVBG airport diagram or an approach plate
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- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
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.