Sanford Usd Medical Center Heliport
1SD9 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Minnehaha County · map
Sanford Usd Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Sanford Usd Medical Center, 1 mile southwest of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1,530 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 64 by 64 feet of concrete. It has fuel (Jet A).
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 1SD9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sanford Usd Medical Center
- Elevation
- 1,530 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1987
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 64 × 64 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Joe Foss Field (3 nm north), Marv Skie-Lincoln County (5 nm southwest), Canton Municipal (16 nm southeast), Quentin Aanenson Field (23 nm east).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Joe Foss Field (3 nm north), Marv Skie-Lincoln County (5 nm southwest), Quentin Aanenson Field (23 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 South Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Approach/departure routes are conducted from 360 degrees to 020 degrees and from 180 degrees to 200 degrees; obstructions be removed/lowered or obstruction marked; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained; radio contact with Sioux Falls the control tower.
- Load bearing capacity of pad will accomodate all 10000 LB mgw helicopters.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sioux Falls from the FAA register
248 aircraft are registered to owners in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: 148 piston singles, 31 business jets, 26 turboprops, 13 balloons, 10 piston twins. 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 South Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Sioux Falls, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Blue Sky Aviation Service LLC
- Signature Aviation LLC Signature Aviation operates a network of over 200 private aviation terminals (FBOs) in 27 countries across 5 continents, providing hospitality, ground services, and fuel to business, government, and charter aviation customers.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Dakota Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Sioux Falls, 3 miles away Dakota Aviation offers flight training at Canton Airport (7G9) near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under Part 61.
- Mockingbird Flying Club 3 aircraft · Sioux Falls, 3 miles away Mockingbird Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Sioux Falls Regional Airport in South Dakota.
- Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Sioux Falls, 3 miles away
- Legacy Aviation LLC 10 aircraft · Tea, 6 miles away Legacy Aviation is an FAA-certified Part 141 flight school based in Tea, South Dakota, near Sioux Falls.
Charter operators and airlines based in Sioux Falls:
- Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Sanford Health 5 aircraft on the certificate
- Mris, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Avera Mckennan 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Direct Charter and Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Sioux Falls:
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 Sioux Falls 248 aircraft · 148 piston singles, 31 business jets, 26 turboprops
- Ryan Good Aviation LLC 10 aircraft in town
- Poet INC 7 aircraft in town
- Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft in town
- Avera Mckennan 6 aircraft in town
- Blue Sky Aviation Service LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Signature Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sanford Medical Center 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sanford Health 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Mris, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Avera Mckennan 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Dakota Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Mockingbird Flying Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Elite Aircraft Services LLC · repair station
- Southwest Aviation INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/1SD9.json.
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 27, 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.
