Airports · Tennessee · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Univ Of Tennessee Medical Center Heliport

09TN · Knoxville, Tennessee · Knox County · map

Univ Of Tennessee Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by the University Health System INC, 2 miles southwest of Knoxville, Tennessee, 920 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 80 by 80 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 09TN
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: University Health System INC
Elevation: 920 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
On the chart: Atlanta sectional
Magnetic variation: 5W
In the FAA's files since: November 2002

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	80 × 80 ft	Concrete

Aircraft registered in Knoxville from the FAA register

383 aircraft are registered to owners in Knoxville, Tennessee: 261 piston singles, 40 business jets, 20 turboprops, 19 piston twins, 13 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Cirrus Design CORP 22 Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5Knoxville Flyers INC 4Wdw Aviation Leasing INC 3Tcb Aviation INC 3San LLC 3New Horizon Precision LLC 3Knox County Sheriffs Office 3University of Tennessee 2Tzr Group LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Knoxville Downtown Island Airport DKX · 4 nm east MC Ghee Tyson Airport TYS · 8 nm south Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport GKT · 21 nm east Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield JAU · 26 nm northwest East Tennessee Children'S Hospital Heliport 0TN9 · 1 nm north · private Fort Sanders Rmc Heliport 53TN · 1 nm north · private Sky Ranch Airport TN98 · 3 nm south · private Physicians Medical Regional Center Heliport 0TN4 · 3 nm north · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided area is marked,wind indicator is maintained, and no night helicopter operations unless a rotating beacon and lighted windsock is installed.
Non-standard beacon; white flashing.
100 feet trees 800 feet west of helipad.
Medical use.
Helicopter air to air frequency: 123.025

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.