Drawing 5,675 heliports
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Heliports and helipads state by state
All 5675 operational US heliports, listed by state with pads, categories and the public-use facilities called out. Only 56 heliports in the country are public use. Confirm access with the facility before arranging a flight.
- Alaska 57 · 4 public
- Alabama 147
- Arkansas 80 · 1 public
- Arizona 118
- California 389
- Colorado 170
- Connecticut 44 · 2 public
- District of Columbia 12 · 1 public
- Delaware 11 · 1 public
- Florida 384 · 1 public
- Georgia 130
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 14
- Iowa 94
- Idaho 51 · 1 public
- Illinois 232 · 3 public
- Indiana 112 · 2 public
- Kansas 32
- Kentucky 120 · 1 public
- Louisiana 173 · 3 public
- Massachusetts 96
- Maryland 64 · 1 public
- Maine 56
- Michigan 152 · 6 public
- Minnesota 111
- Missouri 132 · 1 public
- Northern Mariana Islands 1 · 1 public
- Mississippi 43
- Montana 44 · 1 public
- North Carolina 146 · 3 public
- North Dakota 18
- Nebraska 37
- New Hampshire 96
- New Jersey 173
- New Mexico 34 · 4 public
- Nevada 57
- New York 152 · 6 public
- Ohio 191 · 4 public
- Oklahoma 89
- Oregon 88
- Pennsylvania 281 · 4 public
- Puerto Rico 30
- Rhode Island 12
- South Carolina 49
- South Dakota 42
- Tennessee 107
- Texas 466 · 5 public
- Utah 77
- Virginia 128
- US Virgin Islands 1
- Vermont 24
- Washington 138
- Wisconsin 106
- West Virginia 38
- Wyoming 25
By metro
A metro is measured from the middle of the city outward, so it catches the suburban pads that file under their own town and never appear under the city name a search uses.
- Houston 64 within 25 mi
- New York 52 within 25 mi
- Los Angeles 111 within 25 mi
- Chicago 38 within 25 mi
- Dallas 58 within 25 mi
- Philadelphia 77 within 25 mi
- Miami 43 within 25 mi
- Atlanta 44 within 25 mi
- Phoenix 56 within 25 mi
- Boston 34 within 25 mi
- Seattle 34 within 25 mi
- Denver 38 within 25 mi
- Washington, DC 35 within 25 mi
- Baltimore 23 within 25 mi
- Detroit 34 within 25 mi
- Tampa 43 within 25 mi
- Orlando 53 within 25 mi
- St. Louis 32 within 25 mi
- Charlotte 19 within 25 mi
- Indianapolis 24 within 25 mi
- Columbus 19 within 25 mi
- Kansas City 30 within 25 mi
- Las Vegas 18 within 25 mi
- San Diego 17 within 25 mi
- Portland 28 within 25 mi
- Pittsburgh 30 within 25 mi
- Cleveland 28 within 25 mi
- Austin 29 within 25 mi
- San Antonio 24 within 25 mi
- New Orleans 16 within 25 mi
- Salt Lake City 27 within 25 mi
- Cincinnati 31 within 25 mi
- Jacksonville 24 within 25 mi
- Richmond 19 within 25 mi
- Raleigh 16 within 25 mi
- Oklahoma City 16 within 25 mi
- Birmingham 19 within 25 mi
- Baton Rouge 28 within 25 mi
- Lexington 16 within 25 mi
- West Palm Beach 24 within 25 mi
- San Francisco 18 within 35 mi
- Minneapolis 23 within 35 mi
- Milwaukee 22 within 35 mi
- Nashville 17 within 35 mi
- Memphis 15 within 35 mi
- Louisville 15 within 35 mi
- Sacramento 16 within 35 mi
Data quality, coverage & downloads
FAA National Airspace System Resources (NASR), cycle effective 3 September 2026. Records describe facilities reported as operational in that cycle. Inspection dates can be much older. Unregistered landing sites and helicopter facilities classified as airports are outside this map.
Landing briefs retain recorded remarks and per-surface dimensions. A blank field means not reported, never that a restriction or obstacle is absent. Dimensions do not identify a final approach and takeoff area (FATO), a touchdown and liftoff area (TLOF), or establish aircraft suitability.
Use current facility information, the FAA Chart Supplement and current notices to air missions (NOTAMs) through your operator. This map is for planning, not navigation.
Common questions about heliports and helipads
Does this map include every helipad in the United States?
It includes every operational heliport the FAA registers: all 5,675 of them in the current cycle, with the closed ones filtered out. Two things it does not include. Airports are a separate class of facility, and in a good many places, Hawaii and much of Alaska among them, the helicopter flying happens from an airport rather than from a registered heliport. Unregistered private and one-off landing sites are not here either, because no national list of them exists; permission and applicable rules must be checked for each site.
How many public-use heliports are in the United States?
56 of 5,675 operational heliports in this FAA cycle carry a public-use designation. Public use does not guarantee access for your flight: operating restrictions and prior arrangements may still apply. At a private-use facility, the owner's permission is required in advance.
Can a helicopter land without a helipad?
Often, yes. A helicopter does not need a marked pad to land, and off-airport landings are routine in charter work. What governs it is the ground: who owns or administers it, what local ordinance says, and whether the approach and departure paths are clear. The pads on this map are the sites the FAA has on record, not the only places a helicopter can legally touch down.
Can I build a helipad on my property?
In many places you can, and 1,914 of the facilities on this map are corporate or private sites. What it takes is set locally: zoning and land use rules, neighbour notification in some jurisdictions, and a state aeronautics filing where one is required. The FAA reviews the airspace through Form 7480-1 rather than granting permission to land on your own ground.
How big does a helipad need to be?
There is no single size that makes a landing site suitable. Recorded surface dimensions are a starting point. The operator must evaluate the aircraft, usable landing area, load-bearing strength and surrounding obstacles. A 100-foot surface alone does not establish that any particular helicopter can use it.
Do all hospitals have a helipad?
No. Hospital and medical facilities are the largest single category in this dataset at 2,970 pads, but that is a fraction of the hospitals in the country. Many receive air ambulances at a nearby field or a prepared landing zone instead of an on-site pad.