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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Valley International (3 nm north), Mid Valley International (16 nm west), Cameron County (17 nm east), Brownsville/South Padre Island International (21 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Valley International (3 nm north), Mid Valley International (16 nm west), Cameron County (17 nm east), Brownsville/South Padre Island International (21 nm southeast).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Harlingen from the FAA register
49 aircraft are registered to owners in Harlingen, Texas: 35 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
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:
- Sun Valley Aviation INC 3 aircraft · Harlingen, 4 miles away Sun Valley Aviation is a full-service FBO at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, offering fuel, maintenance, aircraft storage, flight training, charter services, and aircraft sales since 2008.
- Valley Wings Flight School LLC 2 aircraft · Harlingen, 4 miles away Valley Wings Flight School is an FAA Part 61 certified flight training facility located at Harlingen Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas.
Charter operators and airlines based in Harlingen:
- Sun Valley Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Sun Valley Aviation is a full-service FBO at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, offering fuel, aircraft storage, maintenance, flight training, charter services, and aircraft sales to the Rio Grande Valley, Mexico, and Latin A
Repair stations in Harlingen:
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 Harlingen 49 aircraft · 35 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 piston twins
- Sun Valley Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Rgv Sky LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Valley Wings Flight School LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Garza Aircraft INC 2 aircraft in town
- Sun Valley Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sun Valley Aviation INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Valley Wings Flight School LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Sun Valley Aviation INC · repair station
- Tia Aeronautics INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,060 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/49TX.json.
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 27, 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.