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FOD to EED: distance & flight time
Fort Dodge (Fort Dodge Regional Airport) → Needles (Needles Airport)
1,222 mi
1,967 km · 1,062 nm
3h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
1,222 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 7m 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
- FOD — Fort Dodge Regional Airport · Fort Dodge, United States
- EED — Needles Airport · Needles, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near FOD
- MCW · Mason City Municipal Airport60 mi away
- SPW · Spencer Municipal Airport66 mi away
- DSM · Des Moines International Airport75 mi away
- CCY · Northeast Iowa Regional Airport88 mi away
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
Frequently asked questions
How far is FOD from EED?
The flight distance from Fort Dodge (FOD) to Needles (EED) is 1,222 miles (1,967 km, 1,062 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FOD to EED?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 7m 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 FOD to EED?
Nonstop service on FOD–EED 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 3h 7m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from FOD to EED?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on FOD–EED that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some FOD to EED fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain FOD–EED 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.