KVBG Vandenberg Space Force Base

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. Wind variable at 3 kt — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind variable 3 kt · LIFR · 69 min old · from KSMX (11.4 nm away)

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12 50% 15000 ft

30 50% 15000 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

SURFACE RWY 30 until 12-23 23:59Z

RWY 30 APPROACH END EXCESSIVE RUBBER BUILD-UP FROM RDR 14 TO RDR 12. RWY CNTRLN OBSCURED & RWY FRICTION MAY BE DEGRADED DURING WET CONDITIONS.

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 12

IMC_APCH LIFR conditions and 12 has an instrument approach +1.30

Runway 30

IMC_APCH LIFR conditions and 30 has an instrument approach +1.30

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	69 min	Nearest station KSMX (11.4 nm away)
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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KVBG field & runways

Vandenberg Space Force Base, Lompoc, California. Field elevation 368 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Private use. Magnetic variation 12.0°E on record, 11.9°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 0.081°/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	Pattern	Notes
12	136.7°	124.7°	matches rule gives runway 13 in ~3 yr	15,000 ft	CONC	left	ILS
30	316.7°	304.7°	matches rule gives runway 31 in ~3 yr	15,000 ft	CONC	left	ILS

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KVBG ☆ Vandenberg Space Force Base