Wilkes Regional Medical Center Heliport
49NC · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wilkes County · map
Wilkes Regional Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Wilkes Rgnl Medical Center in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 985 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 airport
- Codes
- FAA 49NC
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Wilkes Rgnl Medical Center
- Elevation
- 985 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2000
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in North Wilkesboro from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops. 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR/pvt use, area is marked and wind indicator is maintained.
- Medical use.
- V.P. support services.
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.