Greater Community Hospital Heliport
4IA0 · Creston, Iowa · Union County · map
Greater Community Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by the Greater Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa, 1,291 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
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 4IA0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Greater Community Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,291 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1990
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
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: Creston Municipal (3 nm south), Winterset Municipal (24 nm northeast), Schenck Field (36 nm southwest), Atlantic Municipal (36 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Creston Municipal (3 nm south), Greenfield Municipal (16 nm north), Corning Municipal (17 nm west), Winterset Municipal (24 nm northeast).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided approach/departure paths clear for a 8:1 glide slope and transitional surface for a 2:1 slope.
- Medical.
- 15' building 60' west; 30' power lines 90' north; 20' building 126' east and 30' light poles 120' south of pad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Creston from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Creston, Iowa: 13 piston singles, 8 drones, 1 helicopter. 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 Iowa.
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 Creston 22 aircraft · 13 piston singles, 8 drones, 1 helicopters
- AG Pro Solutions LLC 5 aircraft in town
- West Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Gillam AG Solutions LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/4IA0.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 28, 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.