Iowa has 94 operational heliports in the current FAA cycle. None of them is designated public use, so every landing is by the owner's permission. A charter operator arranges that permission as part of planning the flight, which is why the owner contact matters more than the runway does.
- 94
- Heliports
- 0
- Public use
- 2
- Pads 100 ft or longer
- Des Moines
- Busiest city
What the Iowa list is made of
- 75 Hospital / medical
- 11 Corporate / private
- 6 Government / public safety
- 2 Military
Most heliports sit in Des Moines (4), Waterloo (3), Cedar Rapids (2), Davenport (2), Dubuque (2).
Every heliport in Iowa
The full FAA record, sorted with public-use facilities first. Pad size is the landing area, not the property. Open any of them on the map for surface, lighting, elevation, inspection date, and the owner contact.
| Facility | City | FAA ID | Category | Pad | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMP TAHIGWA LANDING SITE | Dorchester | 1IA2 | Military | 100 x 100 ft | Permission |
| LORING HOSPITAL | Sac City | 6IA1 | Hospital / medical | 100 x 100 ft | Permission |
| MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL | Albia | IA22 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| JONES RGNL MEDICAL CENTER | Anamosa | IA52 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| CASS COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Atlantic | IA67 | Hospital / medical | 56 x 56 ft | Permission |
| AUDUBON COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Audubon | 0IA2 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 50 ft | Permission |
| DAVIS COUNTY HOSPITAL | Bloomfield | 63IA | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| BOONE COUNTY HOSPITAL | Boone | 02IA | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| ST ANTHONY RGNL HOSPITAL | Carroll | 0IA1 | Hospital / medical | 42 x 42 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER | Cedar Falls | IA66 | Hospital / medical | 25 x 25 ft | Permission |
| MERCY HOSPITAL | Cedar Rapids | IA72 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| ST LUKES HOSPITAL EMERGENCY | Cedar Rapids | IA73 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CENTERVILLE | Centerville | IA25 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER | Chariton | IA19 | Government / public safety | 55 x 55 ft | Permission |
| FLOYD COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Charles City | 4IA3 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| CHEROKEE RGNL MEDICAL CENTER | Cherokee | IA13 | Hospital / medical | 43 x 43 ft | Permission |
| IOWA SPECIALITY HOSPITAL | Clarion | 4IA5 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - CLINTON | Clinton | 7IA5 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL | Corydon | IA46 | Hospital / medical | 35 x 35 ft | Permission |
| JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL | Council Bluffs | 6IA2 | Hospital / medical | 70 x 65 ft | Permission |
| RGNL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY | Cresco | 0IA6 | Hospital / medical | 44 x 44 ft | Permission |
| GREATER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Creston | 4IA0 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER EAST CAMPUS | Davenport | 2IA0 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| GENESIS MEDICAL CENTER WEST CAMPUS | Davenport | IA81 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| WINNESHIEK MEDICAL CENTER | Decorah | IA04 | Hospital / medical | 45 x 45 ft | Permission |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER | Des Moines | 6IA4 | Hospital / medical | 36 x 36 ft | Permission |
| IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL LIFE FLIGHT | Des Moines | IA98 | Hospital / medical | 52 x 52 ft | Permission |
| IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER | Des Moines | IA64 | Hospital / medical | 68 x 75 ft | Permission |
| MERCY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER PRIVATE | Des Moines | IA82 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 45 ft | Permission |
| FINLEY HOSPITAL | Dubuque | 2IA1 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE MEDICAL CENTER | Dubuque | IA10 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE | Dyersville | IA53 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER | Elkader | 2IA2 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL | Emmetsburg | IA79 | Government / public safety | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| JEFFERSON COUNTY HEALTH CENTER | Fairfield | 7IA6 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| TRINITY RGNL MEDICAL CENTER | Fort Dodge | IA74 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| ADAIR COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Greenfield | 75IA | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| GRINNELL RGNL MEDICAL CENTER | Grinnell | IA09 | Hospital / medical | 54 x 54 ft | Permission |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Grundy Center | IA28 | Government / public safety | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| GUTTENBERG MUNI HOSP | Guttenberg | IA60 | Corporate / private | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| GRAPE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Hamburg | 2IA5 | Hospital / medical | 25 x 25 ft | Permission |
| MYRTUE MEML HOSPITAL | Harlan | IA55 | Hospital / medical | 25 x 25 ft | Permission |
| HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEML HOSPITAL | Humboldt | IA90 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| HORN MEML HOSPITAL | Ida Grove | IA37 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| INDIANOLA | Indianola | IA71 | Government / public safety | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| BLACKBERRY RIDGE | Iowa City | IA03 | Corporate / private | 33 x 33 ft | Permission |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS & CLINIC | Iowa City | 1IA7 | Hospital / medical | 48 x 60 ft | Permission |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER | Jefferson | 3IA2 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 30 ft | Permission |
| KNOXVILLE AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Knoxville | 0IA0 | Hospital / medical | 65 x 65 ft | Permission |
| STEWART MEML HOSPITAL | Lake City | 2IA6 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| DECATUR COUNTY HOSPITAL | Leon | 6IA0 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| JACKSON COUNTY RGNL HEALTH CENTER | Maquoketa | IA65 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| MARENGO MEML HOSPITAL | Marengo | 22IA | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| MERCY MARION EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT | Marion | 28IA | Hospital / medical | 45 x 45 ft | Permission |
| MMSC | Marshalltown | 6IA8 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
| UNITY POINT MARSHALLTOWN | Marshalltown | 98IA | Hospital / medical | 44 x 44 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MEDICAL CENTER | Mason City | IA47 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| ARMY RESERVE | Middleton | 0IA9 | Military | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| MEDICAL | Mount Pleasant | 2IA3 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY | Mt Ayr | IA49 | Government / public safety | 45 x 45 ft | Permission |
| UNITY HEALTHCARE | Muscatine | 8IA0 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| SCH | Nevada | 1IA5 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON MEDICAL CENTER | New Hampton | IA50 | Hospital / medical | 75 x 75 ft | Permission |
| SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER | Newton | 5IA0 | Hospital / medical | 75 x 75 ft | Permission |
| MERCY HOSPITAL | Oelwein | IA57 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER | Onawa | 2IA8 | Hospital / medical | 25 x 25 ft | Permission |
| PETTER | Orient | IA14 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL | Osceola | 6IA9 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| MAHASKA COUNTY HOSPITAL | Oskaloosa | IA34 | Hospital / medical | 80 x 50 ft | Permission |
| OTTUMWA HOSPITAL | Ottumwa | 3IA6 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| PELLA RGNL HEALTH CENTER | Pella | 7IA9 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| MERCY ONE PRIMGHAR MEDICAL CENTER | Primghar | IA96 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEML | Red Oak | IA91 | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| MERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL | Rock Rapids | IA39 | Corporate / private | 45 x 45 ft | Permission |
| HEGG MEML HOSPITAL | Rock Valley | 8IA1 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| SHENANDOAH HOSPITAL | Shenandoah | 23IA | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER | Sibley | IA40 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
| KEOKUK COUNTY HEALTH CENTER | Sigourney | 83IA | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH | Sioux Center | IA06 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| MERCY ONE MEDICAL CENTER NR 2 | Sioux City | 5IA2 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| ST LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER | Sioux City | 6IA3 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| SPENCER MUNI HOSPITAL | Spencer | 1IA3 | Hospital / medical | 60 x 60 ft | Permission |
| LAKES RGNL HEALTHCARE | Spirit Lake | IA99 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| CITY OF STUART | Stuart | IA33 | Government / public safety | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL | Vinton | IA78 | Hospital / medical | 59 x 59 ft | Permission |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL | Washington | 3IA0 | Hospital / medical | 36 x 30 ft | Permission |
| ALLEN MEML HOSPITAL | Waterloo | IA29 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| CMC AT WEST NINTH | Waterloo | 2IA4 | Hospital / medical | 48 x 48 ft | Permission |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CNTR | Waterloo | IA75 | Corporate / private | 60 x 45 ft | Permission |
| VETERANS MEML HOSPITAL | Waukon | IA80 | Hospital / medical | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| HCPH | Webster City | IA95 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
| GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER | West Burlington | 45IA | Hospital / medical | 50 x 50 ft | Permission |
| GUNDERSEN PALMER LUTHERAN HOSPITAL | West Union | IA15 | Corporate / private | 40 x 40 ft | Permission |
| WOODWARD STATE HOSPITAL | Woodward | IA89 | Hospital / medical | 30 x 30 ft | Permission |
Source: FAA National Airspace System Resource file, cycle effective 3 September 2026. The FAA reissues every 28 days. Orientation only, not for navigation.
Other states
- Alaska 57
- Alabama 147
- Arkansas 80
- Arizona 118
- California 389
- Colorado 170
- Connecticut 44
- District of Columbia 12
- Delaware 11
- Florida 384
- Georgia 130
- Guam 1
- Hawaii 14
- Idaho 51
- Illinois 232
- Indiana 112
- Kansas 32
- Kentucky 120
- Louisiana 173
- Massachusetts 96
- Maryland 64
- Maine 56
- Michigan 152
- Minnesota 111
- Missouri 132
- Northern Mariana Islands 1
- Mississippi 43
- Montana 44
- North Carolina 146
- North Dakota 18
- Nebraska 37
- New Hampshire 96
- New Jersey 173
- New Mexico 34
- Nevada 57
- New York 152
- Ohio 191
- Oklahoma 89
- Oregon 88
- Pennsylvania 281
- Puerto Rico 30
- Rhode Island 12
- South Carolina 49
- South Dakota 42
- Tennessee 107
- Texas 466
- Utah 77
- Virginia 128
- US Virgin Islands 1
- Vermont 24
- Washington 138
- Wisconsin 106
- West Virginia 38
- Wyoming 25