KEED Needles

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Weather observation is 349 minutes old — treat with caution.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now Class E

Wind 230° true at 9 kt · VFR · 349 min old

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20 33% 4235 ft · 8 kt head, 3 kt x-right

29 30% 5005 ft · 3 kt head, 8 kt x-left

11 24% 5005 ft · 3 kt TAIL, 8 kt x-right

2 12% 4235 ft · 8 kt TAIL, 3 kt x-left

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

APCH OTS until 11-01 23:59Z

NAV VOR U/S

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 20

WIND 8 kt headwind, 3 kt right crosswind 349 min ago +0.14

Runway 29

WIND 3 kt headwind, 8 kt left crosswind 349 min ago +0.03

Runway 11

WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 8 kt right crosswind 349 min ago -0.18

Runway 2

WIND 8 kt TAILWIND, 3 kt left crosswind 349 min ago -0.87

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	349 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KEED field & runways

Needles, Needles, California. Field elevation 983 ft. Class E airspace. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 14.0°E on record, 10.6°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.078°/year west — about 1° every 13 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern
11	119.2°	108.6°	matches	5,005 ft	ASPH	left
2	29.0°	18.4°	matches	4,235 ft	ASPH	left
20	209.0°	198.4°	matches	4,235 ft	ASPH	left
29	299.2°	288.6°	matches	5,005 ft	ASPH	left

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