Great River Medical Center Heliport
45IA · West Burlington, Iowa · Des Moines County · map
Great River Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Ctr, 1 mile northeast of West Burlington, Iowa, 700 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 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 45IA
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Ctr
- Elevation
- 700 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2000
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
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: Southeast Iowa Regional (3 nm southeast), Mount Pleasant Municipal (17 nm northwest), Keokuk Municipal (24 nm southwest), Macomb Municipal (29 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Southeast Iowa Regional (3 nm southeast), Fort Madison Municipal (11 nm southwest), Mount Pleasant Municipal (17 nm northwest), Keokuk Municipal (24 nm southwest).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided fato/heliport approach surface/heliport transitional surface clear of obstructions; and wires east/west of helipad marked.
- Medical use.
- Activate perimeter lights - the common traffic frequency.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Burlington from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in West Burlington, Iowa: 2 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 Iowa.
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 West Burlington 6 aircraft · 2 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 helicopters
- Innovative Acre LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/45IA.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 28, 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.