Needles Airport

Airport in San Bernardino County, California, U.S.

KEED

Location of Needles Airport

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	4,235	1,291	Asphalt
11/29	5,005	1,526	Asphalt

Statistics (2022)

Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2022)	10,500
Based aircraft	4

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Needles Airport (IATA: EED, ICAO: KEED, FAA LID: EED) is a county-owned public airport in San Bernardino County, California, United States, five miles (9 km) south of Needles.^[1]

It opened in May 1941. During World War II the airfield was known as Needles Army Airfield^[2] and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force. With the end of the war the base returned to civil control.

Facilities and aircraft

Needles Airport covers 796 acres (322 ha) at an elevation of 983 feet (300 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 2/20 is 4,235 by 100 feet (1,291 x 30 m) and 11/29 is 5,005 by 100 feet.^[1]

In the year ending February 28, 2022, the airport had 10,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 29 per day. 4 aircraft were then based at this airport: 3 single-engine and 1 glider.^[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for EED PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 7 September 2023.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Needles Army Air Field (historical) at coordinates 34°46′00″N 114°37′20″W / 34.76667°N 114.62222°W / 34.76667; -114.62222

External links

Needles Airport at San Bernardino County website
Aerial image as of 21 May 1994 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for EED, effective May 16, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EED
- AirNav airport information for KEED
- ASN accident history for EED
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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