Grand Tower Heliport
3IS9 · Grand Tower, Illinois · Jackson County · map
Grand Tower Heliport is a private heliport in Grand Tower, Illinois, 370 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3IS9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 370 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1993
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Grand Tower from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Grand Tower, Illinois: 1 piston single. 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 Illinois.
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 approach/departure operations 020 degrees - 160 degrees and 160 degrees - 250 degrees; takeoff/landing area appropriately marked; NON-OBSTRUCTING wind indicator mntnd. 50 feet tree to thes removed; P-LINES northeast buried; no night operations unless takeoff/landing area and wind indicator lighted and beacon installed.
- (E111-3) unauthorized persons resticted from access during flight operations by use of NON-OBSTRUCTING safety barrier. Fire protection provided in accordance with local fire codes and or FAA AC 150/5390-2.
- Approaches inbound are: 210 degrees - control obstruction is 15 feet pole; 100 feet from fato edge and 25 feet LT of centerline; slope = 6.1; 300 degrees - control obstruction is 15 feet building; 100 feet from fato edge; slope = 6:1.
- 100 feet terrain 100 feet northwest.
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.