Airports · North Carolina · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

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 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
On the chart: Charlotte sectional
In the FAA's files since: October 2024

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

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

Aircraft registered in Raleigh from the FAA register

352 aircraft are registered to owners in Raleigh, North Carolina: 229 piston singles, 45 business jets, 27 turboprops, 14 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:

State of North Carolina 15 Mach .92 Leasing LLC 9 Five Star Marketing INC 6Uig Transport LLC 4Alpha Aviation Holdings Group LLC 4Usda Forest Service Fepp 3Pnl Aero LLC 3N560Mc LLC 3Goli Aviation LLC 3Frederick Investment CORP 3

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Raleigh-Durham International RDU · 5 nm northwest Southern Wake Regional 5W5 · 12 nm south Triangle North Executive LHZ · 22 nm northeast Johnston Regional JNX · 23 nm southeast Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County TTA · 24 nm southwest Harnett Regional Jetport HRJ · 26 nm south Joint Force HQ Heliport NC47 · 1 nm southwest · private SKY-5 Heliport 2NC3 · 3 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.