Needles Airport
EED · KEED · Needles, California · San Bernardino County · map
Needles Airport is a public-use airport owned by CO of San Bernardino, 5 miles south of Needles, California, 983 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KEED · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 93°F (34°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the west at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am PDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEED 061856Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/12 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP100 T03390117
TAF KEED 061720Z 0618/0718 08005KT P6SM SKC FM070300 27006KT P6SM SKC FM071600 02006KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EED · ICAO KEED
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- CO of San Bernardino
- Elevation
- 983 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1941
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 4,235 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Needles and rco | 122.2 | Needles |
| Eed and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.325 | |
| Nelson and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.65 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-326-4281.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Needles from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Needles, California: 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- <unlighted mtn west and south of airport approximately 3200' above sea level.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 and runway 02/20, runway end identifier lights runway 11& runway 29 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 11, runway 29, runway 02 and runway 20 oper continuously.
- 100LL fuel available 24 hours self srv
- Jet a fuel available 24 hours self service
- Non-standard markings for instr approach; bsc instead of npi markings.
- Cracks in pavement.
- Cracks in pavement
- (E81) 2 lights each side marking runway exits; reflectors marking taxiways.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.