Valley Baptist Medical Center Heliport
49TX · Harlingen, Texas · Cameron County · map
Valley Baptist Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Valley Baptist Medical Ctr, 2 miles northwest of Harlingen, Texas, 60 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of mats.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 49TX
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Valley Baptist Medical Ctr
- Elevation
- 60 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Brownsville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Mats |
Aircraft registered in Harlingen from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Harlingen, Texas: 34 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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
- Medical.
- Director of safety / security.
- 91 feet tower 480 feet northwest; 20 feet tower 50 feet north; 9 feet tower 50 feet east; 9 feet tower 50 feet south and 9 feet tower 50 feet west of helipad.
- Rooftop.
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.