Needles Airport | |
Iata: | EED |
Icao: | KEED |
Faa: | EED |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | County of San Bernardino |
City-Served: | Needles, California |
Elevation-F: | 983 |
Elevation-M: | 300 |
Coordinates: | 34.7664°N -114.6233°W |
Website: | www.sbcounty.gov/... |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Needles Airport |
Pushpin Label: | KEED |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
R1-Number: | 2/20 |
R1-Length-F: | 4,235 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,291 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 11/29 |
R2-Length-F: | 5,005 |
R2-Length-M: | 1,526 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2022 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2022) |
Stat1-Data: | 10,500 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 4 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Needles Airport is a county-owned public airport in San Bernardino County, California, United States, five miles (9 km) south of Needles.
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.
Needles Airport covers 796acres 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.
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.