Phoebe Sumter Heliport
1GA7 · Americus, Georgia · Sumter County · map
Phoebe Sumter Heliport is a private heliport owned by Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia, 424 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 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 1GA7
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
- Elevation
- 424 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2012
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 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: Jimmy Carter Regional (4 nm northeast), Dawson Municipal (21 nm southwest), Crisp County-Cordele (25 nm east), Southwest Georgia Regional (32 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jimmy Carter Regional (4 nm northeast), Marion County (18 nm northwest), Dawson Municipal (21 nm southwest), Crisp County-Cordele (25 nm east).
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 Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Americus from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Americus, Georgia: 24 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. 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 Georgia.
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:
- Americus Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Americus, 5 miles away
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 Americus 33 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Souther Field Aviation INC 18 aircraft in town
- South Georgia Technical College 2 aircraft in town
- Americus Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1GA7.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.