# Needles Airport (EED / KEED)

**Needles Airport** (IATA: EED, ICAO: KEED) is a medium airport in Needles, California, United States. It opened in May 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,005 ft (1,526 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/keed

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EED / KEED
- FAA: EED
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Needles, California, United States
- Opened: May 1941
- Elevation: 983 ft / 300 m
- Coordinates: 34.7663, -114.6230
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,005 ft / 1,526 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.sbcounty.gov/airports/airports/nee/default.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needles_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016331
- Weather station: KEED
- Ident: KEED

## Timeline

- May 1941: Needles Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 5,005 ft / 1,526 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |
| 02/20 | 4,235 ft / 1,291 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 029° / 209° | yes |

- 11/29 slopes 1.3%: threshold 29 at 919 ft / 280 m, threshold 11 at 983 ft / 300 m.
- 02/20 slopes 2.0%: threshold 20 at 844 ft / 257 m, threshold 02 at 929 ft / 283 m.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,005 ft / 1,526 m | =6,349 of 29,858 | =2,192 in North America | =1,786 in US |
| Elevation | 983 ft / 300 m | =18,047 of 43,403 | =8,060 in North America | =6,461 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LOS ANGELES CNTR | 134.650 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 128.325 |
| RDO | PRESCOTT RDO | 115.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/keed/data