VA Medical Center Heliport
58IS · Marion, Illinois · Williamson County · map
VA Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Veterans Admin Medical Center, 1 mile northeast of Marion, Illinois, 464 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 58IS
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Veterans Admin Medical Center
- Elevation
- 464 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1988
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Marion from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Marion, Illinois: 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 drones, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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
- Provide app/departure operations are from 180 degrees and/or 270 degrees; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained.
- Medical use.
- Chief Marion vamc police
- Ext 54505
- Approach and departure is from southwest only.
- Perimeter lights.
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.