Southflight Heliport
47AL · Semmes, Alabama · Mobile County · map
Southflight Heliport is a private heliport owned by Mobile County Public Schools, 1 mile east of Semmes, Alabama, 253 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete. It has fuel (Jet A).
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 47AL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mobile County Public Schools
- Elevation
- 253 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2019
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mobile Regional (6 nm south), Mobile International (15 nm southeast), St. Elmo Airport (17 nm south), Trent Lott International (23 nm southwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mobile Regional (6 nm south), Mobile International (15 nm southeast), Trent Lott International (23 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 Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Matt FISCHER-FACILITIES
- Tlof 40X40 feet, fato 68X68 feet, ingress/egress 360/180.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Semmes from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Semmes, Alabama: 7 piston singles, 2 drones. 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 Alabama.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Tcm Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Mobile, 7 miles away
- Bates Field Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · Mobile, 7 miles away Bates Field Aero Club is a flying club founded in 1968 in Mobile, Alabama, that promotes general aviation.
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 Semmes 9 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 2 drones
- Tcm Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Bates Field Aero Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/47AL.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 29, 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.