Needles Airport

Needles Airport
Needles Army Airfield
Needles Airport; Needles Army Airfield
	2006 USGS photo
	IATA: EED; ICAO: KEED; FAA LID: EED;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	County of San Bernardino
Serves	Needles, California
Elevation AMSL	983 ft / 300 m
Coordinates	34°45′59″N 114°37′24″W / 34.76639°N 114.62333°W
Website	www.sbcounty.gov/...
Map
	KEED Location of Needles Airport
Runways
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2022)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2022)	10,500
Based aircraft	4
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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]