Unc Rex Heliport
44NR · Raleigh, North Carolina · Wake County · map
Unc Rex Heliport is a private heliport owned by Unc Rex Hospital, 4 miles northwest of Raleigh, North Carolina, 475 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of rooftop.
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 44NR
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Unc Rex Hospital
- Elevation
- 475 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2024
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Rooftop, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Raleigh-Durham International (5 nm northwest), Triangle North Executive (22 nm northeast), Johnston Regional (23 nm southeast), Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County (24 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Raleigh-Durham International (5 nm northwest), Southern Wake Regional (12 nm south), Triangle North Executive (22 nm northeast), Johnston Regional (23 nm southeast).
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 North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Fato length an X width 80 feet an X 80 feet. Safety area length an X width 105 feet an X 105 feet. Prim ingress 360, prim egress 180.
- IFR VFR operations. Day and night.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Raleigh from the FAA register
350 aircraft are registered to owners in Raleigh, North Carolina: 229 piston singles, 46 business jets, 25 turboprops, 13 piston twins, 11 gliders. 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 North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Raleigh, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Flightgest Academy LLC 14 aircraft · Morrisville, 8 miles away FlightGest Academy is a flight school based at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina that has trained pilots for over 25 years.
- Gods Chosen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Apex, 12 miles away
- Harrier Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · Raleigh, 14 miles away
- Must Dash Rides Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Raleigh, 14 miles away
- Nc Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Raleigh, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Raleigh:
- Red Wing Aeroplane, LLC. 26 aircraft on the certificate
- DavisAir Inc. 9 aircraft on the certificate
- Flightgest Aviation, LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate FlightGest Academy is a flight school based at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina, offering Part 61 and Part 141 flight training programs.
- North Star Aero Services, INC. 2 aircraft on the certificate NorthStar Aero Services is a charter operator based in Raleigh, North Carolina that provides private charter flights, aeromedical flight services, and organ procurement transportation.
- Jem Air Holdings LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Spanishtown Engineering, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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 Raleigh 350 aircraft · 229 piston singles, 46 business jets, 25 turboprops
- State of North Carolina 15 aircraft in town
- Mach .92 Leasing LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Five Star Marketing INC 6 aircraft in town
- Alpha Aviation Holdings Group LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Odyssey Aviation LLC 4 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Red Wing Aeroplane, LLC. 26 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- DavisAir Inc. 9 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flightgest Aviation, LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- North Star Aero Services, INC. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flightgest Academy LLC 14 aircraft · flight school
- Gods Chosen Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Harrier Soaring Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 since 1982 · 304 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,126 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/44NR.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 November 11, 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.