Rusk County Memorial Heliport
42WI · Ladysmith, Wisconsin · Rusk County · map
Rusk County Memorial Heliport is a private heliport owned by Rusk County Memorial Hospital, 1 mile south of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, 1,105 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 42WI
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Rusk County Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,105 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Hayward and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.45 | |
| Rhinelander and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.65 |
Aircraft registered in Ladysmith from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Ladysmith, Wisconsin: 7 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
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 conducted 150-240 degreess using center of pad; tree 250 degrees adjacent to boiler house is removed; takeoff/landing are marked and smokestack west of boiler house is obstruction lighted; wind indicator next to takeoff/landing area is maintained; unauthorized persons be restrained from operations.
- Medical use.
- Ext. 260
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.