Big Bend Regional Medical Center Heliport
17TS · Alpine, Texas · Brewster County · map
Big Bend Regional Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Big Bend Regional Medical Ctr, 2 miles north of Alpine, Texas, 4,435 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17TS
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Big Bend Regional Medical Ctr
- Elevation
- 4,435 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- El Paso sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2002
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Alpine from the FAA register
30 aircraft are registered to owners in Alpine, Texas: 22 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 gyroplane. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- See airspace letter dated 1/26/2000.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.8.
- Medical.
- Activate perimeter lights - 122.8.
- Numerous obstructions surround helipad.
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.