Mercy Regional Health Center Heliport
3KS6 · Manhattan, Kansas · Riley County · map
Mercy Regional Health Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, INC, 4 miles southwest of Manhattan, Kansas, 1,150 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 3KS6
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, INC
- Elevation
- 1,150 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1979
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Manhattan from the FAA register
75 aircraft are registered to owners in Manhattan, Kansas: 59 piston singles, 5 drones, 3 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Kansas.
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 paths to landing area are maintd for a minimum 8:1 approach ratio and trsnl surface maintd for a 2:1 approach ratio.
- Medical.
- Center of concrete pad marked with H.
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.