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 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
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Covington from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Covington, Indiana: 2 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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
- 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.
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.