Rice Private Heliport
2II9 · Covington, Indiana · Fountain County · map
Rice Private Heliport is a private heliport, 5 miles east of Covington, Indiana, 660 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 300 by 300 feet of grass.
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 2II9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 660 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1982
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 300 × 300 ft | Grass |
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: Vermilion Regional (13 nm west), Crawfordsville Regional (21 nm southeast), Purdue University Airport (23 nm northeast), Edgar County (32 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Vermilion Regional (13 nm west), Crawfordsville Regional (21 nm southeast), Purdue University Airport (23 nm northeast), Edgar County (32 nm southwest).
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 Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided all operations are conducted in an area from 360 degreess clockwise to 90 degreess; area is appropriately marked; wind indicator is maintained; utility lines south are marked.
- 30 feet power lines 150 feet south and 500 feet west.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Covington from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Covington, Indiana: 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 drone, 1 balloon. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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:
- Touch-N-Go Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Hillsboro, 9 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 Covington 5 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 drones
- Touch-N-Go Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,697 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2II9.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 26, 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.