Bowman'S Beach Helistop
4FD9 · Sanibel, Florida · Lee County · map
Bowman'S Beach Helistop is a private heliport owned by Lee CO Mosquito Control Dist in Sanibel, Florida, 5 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 81 by 81 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4FD9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lee CO Mosquito Control Dist
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1988
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 81 × 81 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Sanibel from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Sanibel, Florida: 7 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
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, spelled out
- Provide VFR/pvt use; and ingress/egress routes limited to an east/west direction.
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.