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Dayton Transportation Center Heliport

5D7 · Dayton, Ohio · Montgomery County · map

Dayton Transportation Center Heliport is a public-use heliport owned by the City of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, 800 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.

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What is the airport code for Dayton Transportation Center Heliport?

Its FAA code is 5D7.

Where is Dayton Transportation Center Heliport?

It is in Dayton, Ohio, 800 feet above sea level.

Does Dayton Transportation Center Heliport have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Are there flight schools at Dayton Transportation Center Heliport?

7 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Debonair N638S Flying Club LLC and Wright Flyers Club. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Dayton Transportation Center Heliport?

8 pilot examiners and 17 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

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The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA 5D7
Kind
Heliport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
City of Dayton
Elevation
800 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
November 1977

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

H1N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

PadLength × widthSurfaceLights
H140 × 40 ftConcrete, goodPerimeter lights

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Repairs
none at the field, as reported

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: James M Cox Dayton International (9 nm north), Dayton/Wright Brothers Airport (10 nm south), Greene County/Lewis A Jackson Regional (10 nm southeast), Dayton/Phillipsburg Airport (14 nm northwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Moraine Air Park Airport (5 nm southwest), James M Cox Dayton International (9 nm north), Dayton/Wright Brothers Airport (10 nm south), Greene County/Lewis A Jackson Regional (10 nm southeast).

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 Ohio · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • VFR use only.
  • Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
  • Activate peri lights - the common traffic frequency.
  • Airport operations cntr.
  • Ingress/egress 005-175.
  • Incomp.
  • Rooftop.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Dayton from the FAA register

147 aircraft are registered to owners in Dayton, Ohio: 103 piston singles, 12 drones, 10 piston twins, 8 business jets, 4 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:

Sinclair Community College 8Miami Valley Hospital 2Core Aviation LLC 2Buckeye Aircraft Holdings LLC 2Airborne Solutions Group 23D Aerial Solutions LLC 2

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Ohio.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Debonair N638S Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Beavercreek, 7 miles away
  • Wright Flyers Club 2 aircraft · Huber Heights, 8 miles away
  • Sinclair Community College 8 aircraft · Dayton, 10 miles away Sinclair Community College is a community college in Dayton, Ohio, serving the southwestern Ohio region with over 300 associate and certificate programs.
  • Higher Ground Helicopters of Cincinnati LLC 6 aircraft · Miamisburg, 10 miles away Higher Ground Helicopters is a helicopter flight school based at Wright Brothers Airport (KMGY) in Miamisburg, Ohio, near Cincinnati.
  • Sierra Hotel Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bellbrook, 10 miles away Sierra Hotel Aeronautics Group is a flying club based at Lanett Regional Airport in Alabama that offers aircraft rental and flight training to its members.
  • Macair Aviation LLC 31 aircraft · Xenia, 14 miles away MacAir Aviation is a full-service fixed-base operator, flight training school, and aero club located at Greene County-Lewis A.
  • Beaver Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Xenia, 14 miles away

Repair stations in Dayton:

Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 7 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 2 training center evaluators, 38 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 7 administrative pilot examiners.

All 92 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

1989-06-05CHI89LA103 · Beech 35 N5011C · accident · minor injuries
1982-11-21CHI83LA046 · Stinson 108 N8836K · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5D7.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.