Virginia Beach Municipal Heliport
56VA · Virginia Beach, Virginia · Virginia Beach County · map
Virginia Beach Municipal Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Va Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, 12 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 250 by 250 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 56VA
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Va Beach
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1986
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 250 × 250 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Virginia Beach from the FAA register
326 aircraft are registered to owners in Virginia Beach, Virginia: 231 piston singles, 44 piston twins, 17 business jets, 11 turboprops, 11 helicopters. 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 Virginia.
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 proponent enters into a letter of agreement with nas oceana;users made aware of obstruction east of pad.
- Prior permission, certificate of insurance required.
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.