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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
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: Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (28 nm west), Price County (33 nm northeast), Sawyer County (37 nm north), Chippewa Valley Regional (39 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rusk County (5 nm northeast), Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport (24 nm west), Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field (28 nm west), Price County (33 nm northeast).
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 Wisconsin · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
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 Ladysmith 8 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Accidents and incidents in Wisconsin 1,619 since 1982 · 225 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wisconsin 123 landing places
- Wisconsin 6,164 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/42WI.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 30, 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.