Needles Airport Needles Army Airfield | |||||||||||||||
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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/... | ||||||||||||||
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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.