Tuscaloosa Police Department Heliport
3AL3 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama · Tuscaloosa County · map
Tuscaloosa Police Department Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Tuscaloosa, 4 miles south of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 160 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 20 by 20 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3AL3
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tuscaloosa
- Elevation
- 160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Tuscaloosa from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: 40 piston singles, 13 business jets, 6 piston twins, 5 helicopters, 5 drones. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alabama.
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 pvt use; approach/departure from 085 clkws 095 from pad cntr; area marked; wind indicator maintained; remove trees which penetrate 8:1 approach slope; power line marked and lighted.
- 300 feet tower 800 feet northeast; 250 feet tower 1320 feet southeast; 150 feet tower 220 feet south; 50 feet power line 35 feet west; 50 feet power line 100 feet north; 50 feet trees 420 feet east.
- Helipad physical address 3801 trevors phillips ave. Tuscaloosa AL 35401
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.