Sheriff'S Operation Center Heliport
3FL3 · Ocala, Florida · Marion County · map
Sheriff'S Operation Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Marion County Sheriff'S Office in Ocala, Florida, 70 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 65 by 65 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 3FL3
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Marion County Sheriff'S Office
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1999
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 65 × 65 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: Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (3 nm southwest), Marion County (13 nm southwest), Williston Regional (18 nm northwest), Inverness Airport (25 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (3 nm southwest), Marion County (13 nm southwest), Williston Regional (18 nm northwest), Inverness Airport (25 nm south).
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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR, pvt use only, all approach/departure operations conducted 030-090 and 170-190, area marked, wind indicator maintained.
- 40 feet trees 175 feet west, 150 feet radio tower 1000 feet southeast of helipad. Tower 75 yards south pad 80 feet
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ocala from the FAA register
410 aircraft are registered to owners in Ocala, Florida: 336 piston singles, 21 piston twins, 16 helicopters, 11 turboprops, 11 business jets. 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 Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Ocala, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft · Ocala, 3 miles away Fly Dynasty Training Center is a flight school in Ocala, Florida that provides pilot training from zero experience to commercial pilot certification.
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · Ocala, 3 miles away PRP Aviation is a flight school and aircraft services company based in Ocala, Florida.
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft · Ocala, 3 miles away Sunrise Aviation is a flight school in Albert Lea, Minnesota that offers accelerated and hourly pilot training courses.
- Cap Flyers Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Ocala, 3 miles away Sun Country Aero Club is a member-owned, non-profit flying club based at Ocala International Airport (KOCF) in Florida since 1987.
- Coconut Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Ocala, 3 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Ocala:
- PRP Aviation LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate PRP Aviation is a charter operator, flight school, and aircraft maintenance facility based in Ocala, Florida.
Repair stations in Ocala:
- Porter'S Radials LLC
- Prp Aviation, LLC PRP Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in Ocala, Florida, offering aircraft charter, management, and rental services across the Southeast US.
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 Ocala 410 aircraft · 336 piston singles, 21 piston twins, 16 helicopters
- Ocala Aviation Services INC 15 aircraft in town
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft in town
- Ocala Aviation Services INC 15 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- PRP Aviation LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft · flight school
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Porter'S Radials LLC · repair station
- Prp Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,111 since 1982 · 988 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,712 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/3FL3.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 30, 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.
