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EED to RAL: distance & flight time
Needles (Needles Airport) → Riverside (Riverside Municipal Airport)
171 mi
274 km · 148 nm
55m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
171 miles nonstop takes roughly 55m gate to gate, flying west. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- EED — Needles Airport · Needles, United States
- RAL — Riverside Municipal Airport · Riverside, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near EED
- HII · Lake Havasu City Airport20 mi away
- LAS · McCarran International Airport96 mi away
- BLH · Blythe Airport79 mi away
- HSH · Henderson Executive Airport88 mi away
Near RAL
- ONT · Ontario International Airport11 mi away
- CNO · Chino Airport11 mi away
- RIV · March ARB Airport12 mi away
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport55 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is EED from RAL?
The flight distance from Needles (EED) to Riverside (RAL) is 171 miles (274 km, 148 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from EED to RAL?
A nonstop flight takes about 55m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from EED to RAL?
Nonstop service on EED–RAL depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 55m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from EED to RAL?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on EED–RAL that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some EED to RAL fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain EED–RAL tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.