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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
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: Alpine-Casparis Municipal (1 nm west), Marfa Municipal (18 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Alpine-Casparis Municipal (1 nm west), Marfa Municipal (18 nm west).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- See airspace letter dated 1/26/2000.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.8.
- Medical.
- Activate perimeter lights - 122.8.
- Numerous obstructions surround helipad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Alpine:
- Woodward Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
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 Alpine 30 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 piston twins
- Woodward Aviation LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Rock Nh Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 9Th Moon Enterprises LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Woodward Aviation LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/17TS.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 28, 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.