Baptist Memorial Hospital Oktibbeha Heliport
42MS · Starkville, Mississippi · Oktibbeha County · map
Baptist Memorial Hospital Oktibbeha Heliport is a private heliport owned by Och Regional Medical Center, 1 mile south of Starkville, Mississippi, 265 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 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 42MS
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Och Regional Medical Center
- Elevation
- 265 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2008
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete |
- Runway H1: power line 50 ft high 130 ft from the end
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: George M Bryan Airport (3 nm southwest), Mccharen Field (10 nm northeast), Golden Triangle Regional (12 nm east), Columbus-Lowndes County (22 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: George M Bryan Airport (3 nm southwest), Mccharen Field (10 nm northeast), Golden Triangle Regional (12 nm east), Columbus-Lowndes County (22 nm east).
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 Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR and pvt use only; power lines buried undrgrnd; light poles in pad area removed; adjacent drive blocked by security when area in open; adjacent buildings marked with lighting; takeoff/landing area marked; wind indcr maintenance; light poles in pkng lot lighted; landing area constructed in accordance with AC 150/5390-2.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Starkville from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Starkville, Mississippi: 52 piston singles, 9 drones, 3 gliders, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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 Mississippi.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · Mississippi State, 2 miles away
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · Mississippi State, 2 miles away
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · Starkville, 3 miles away Mississippi State University is a comprehensive, doctoral degree-granting research institution located in Starkville, Mississippi, with additional locations in Meridian, Gulf Coast, and online.
- Circle S Aviation LLC 5 aircraft · Starkville, 3 miles away Mississippi Aviation Academy is a flight school in Starkville, Mississippi that provides flight instruction and aircraft rental.
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 Starkville 68 aircraft · 52 piston singles, 9 drones, 3 gliders
- Mississippi State University 9 aircraft in town
- Clearwater Consultants INC 4 aircraft in town
- Circle S Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Mississippi State University Rfrl 2 aircraft in town
- Mississippi State University Soaring Club 5 aircraft · flying club
- Msu Soaring Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mississippi State University 12 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/42MS.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.