KEED · Needles Airport

NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

983

Elevation ft

Runways

5,005

Longest ft · 11/29

34.77N

114.62W

Needles Airport serves Needles, California at 983 ft elevation with its longest runway, 11/29, at 5,005 by 100 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
11/29	5,005 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
02/20	4,235 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 983 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	983 ft	2,630 ft	2,214 ft	3,321 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	2,183 ft	2,864 ft	2,340 ft	3,510 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,383 ft	3,098 ft	2,467 ft	3,700 ft
35°C afternoon	3,619 ft	3,144 ft	2,492 ft	3,738 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (11/29, 5,005 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,738 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KEED is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
K49X Chemehuevi Valley Airport	17 nm SE	5,000 ft
KHII Lake Havasu City Airport	18 nm SE	8,000 ft
KIFP Laughlin Bullhead International Airport	24 nm N	8,501 ft
KP20 Avi Suquilla Airport	41 nm SE	6,250 ft
KIGM Kingman Airport	45 nm NE	6,827 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEED

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KEED, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KEED or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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