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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2002
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 80 × 80 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: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (4 nm east), MC Ghee Tyson Airport (8 nm south), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (21 nm east), Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (26 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (4 nm east), MC Ghee Tyson Airport (8 nm south), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (21 nm east), Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (26 nm northwest).
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 Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Knoxville from the FAA register
382 aircraft are registered to owners in Knoxville, Tennessee: 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops, 19 piston twins, 12 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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Backcourse Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Powell, 8 miles away
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · Knoxville, 9 miles away Skyranch Youth Aviation Program is a youth aviation education organization based in Knoxville, Tennessee that provides middle and high school students with opportunities to learn aviation skills through aircraft maintenance, repair projects
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft · Knoxville, 9 miles away Knoxville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (DKX) in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- University of Tennessee 4 aircraft · Alcoa, 9 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Knoxville:
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate Flight Choice operates as an FAA Part 135 air carrier providing on-demand aircraft charter, aircraft management, and maintenance services in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Knoxville 382 aircraft · 260 piston singles, 41 business jets, 20 turboprops
- Cirrus Design CORP 22 aircraft in town
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft in town
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft in town
- Wdw Aviation Leasing INC 3 aircraft in town
- Flight Choice 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Backcourse Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Skyranch Knoxville Youth INC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Knoxville Flyers INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,524 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/09TN.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.