University Of Florida Heliport
53FL · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map
University Of Florida Heliport is a private heliport owned by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, 125 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 53FL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- University of Florida
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1990
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register
156 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Florida: 97 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 5 gliders. 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 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
- Provided VFR/pvt use only; operations are conducted from 260-300 degreess and from 045-065 degreess; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained.
- Has 60' light poles around heliport boundary.
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.