Airports · Arizona · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

University Medical Center Hospital Heliport

5AZ4 · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map

University Medical Center Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by the University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, 2,559 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 5AZ4
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: University Medical Center
Elevation: 2,559 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Phoenix sectional
Magnetic variation: 12E
In the FAA's files since: May 1998

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pads 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	40 × 40 ft	Mats	Perimeter lights
H2	40 × 40 ft	Mats

Aircraft registered in Tucson from the FAA register

735 aircraft are registered to owners in Tucson, Arizona: 556 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders, 25 business jets, 25 balloons. 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:

Wind Walker LLC 6 Swede Aviation LLC 6 Eagle Aviation INC 5 Aerial Productions International INC 5Wright Flight INC 4New Mexico Flying Eagle INC DBA 4New Mexico Flying Eagle INC 4Nce INC 4Atarah LLC 4University of Arizona 3

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Tucson International TUS · 7 nm south Ryan Field RYN · 13 nm southwest Marana Regional AVQ · 17 nm northwest Pinal Airpark MZJ · 25 nm northwest San Manuel Airport E77 · 28 nm northeast St. Marys Helistop 65AZ · 3 nm west · private Tucson Medical Center Heliport AZ37 · 3 nm east · private Davis Monthan Air Force Base DMA · 6 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR; pvt use.
Medical use.
Rooftop helipad.

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.