Northern Pines Medical Center Heliport
05MN · Aurora, Minnesota · St Louis County · map
Northern Pines Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport, 1 mile north of Aurora, Minnesota, 1,446 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05MN
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,446 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2016
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Eveleth/Virginia Municipal (12 nm southwest), Ely Municipal (25 nm northeast), Range Regional (26 nm west), Cook Municipal (26 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sky Harbor Seaplane Base (11 nm southwest), Eveleth/Virginia Municipal (12 nm southwest), Tower Municipal (18 nm north), Ely Municipal (25 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Flight standards has conducted an ON-SITE evaluation of the proposed H eliport site and the heliport PL an south regarding the safety of helicopt ER operations. The propon ent must meet all state and local requirem ents; the landing area must be limited to private U southeast only; and all operations must be condu cted visually. Because this is a privat east U SC heliport, all operators proceed at their own risk, and to enhan CE the safety of operations, we recommend: 1. A LL H elicopter approach I departur east route operations should be conduct ED on a 090 degree egress H eading I 270 degree ingress heading using the Center of the heliport as the reference point, or on a 270 degree egress heading I 090 degree ingress heading U sing the Center of the heliport as the reference point. 2. A wind indicator is maintained adjacent to the H eliport, away from the approach and departure routes, and outside the safety area. 3. No night helicopter operations are conducted unless the heliport and wind indicator are lit in accordance with AC L5015390-2C, paragraph south 415 and 41 1C. 4. TH east takeoff/landing area is appropriately marked in accordance with AC 15015390-2C, paragraph 414 5. The heliport proponent will reexamine obstacles in the vicinity of the approach/departure paths on an annual basis in accorda nce with AC L5015390-2C, paragraph 409E. any new obstacles noted WI LL be forwarded to the airport district office, flight standa road south district office or regional flight standards division.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Aurora from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Aurora, Minnesota: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Aurora 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/05MN.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.
