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Gorilla Heliport

11J · Onondaga, Michigan · Ingham County · map

Gorilla Heliport is a public-use heliport, 2 miles southwest of Onondaga, Michigan, 980 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 75 by 50 feet of grass.

The airport

Codes
FAA 11J
Kind
Heliport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
980 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Detroit sectional
In the FAA's files since
January 2010

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

H1N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

PadLength × widthSurfaceLights
H175 × 50 ftGrass, fair

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.

Aircraft registered in Onondaga from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Onondaga, Michigan: 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

1983-06-01ATL83LA205 · Grumman G-164B N8476K · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Provided VFR operations; takeoff/landing area marked; all approach/departure rte hop conducted from 315-010 or 020-170 degreess; a NON-OBSTG wind indcr is mntnd.
  • Approach/departure N-S.
  • Yellow cones.
  • Helipad located on Gorilla aerodrome pvt airport NORTH-SOUTH runway.
  • Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of helicopter.

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.