Choctaw General Hospital Heliport
42AL · Butler, Alabama · Choctaw County · map
Choctaw General Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Choctaw General Hospital, 1 mile ene of Butler, Alabama, 133 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 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 42AL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Choctaw General Hospital
- Elevation
- 133 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2015
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 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: Demopolis Regional (26 nm northeast), Key Field (31 nm northwest), Waynesboro Municipal (35 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Demopolis Regional (26 nm northeast), Clarke County (27 nm west), Key Field (31 nm northwest), Waynesboro Municipal (35 nm southwest).
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 Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Helicopter pad to be used only for air VAC'S in emergency cases only. Pad has lighted wind sock, pad is lighted and accessed by UNICOM.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Butler, AL as the owner's town.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/42AL.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 29, 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.