Skiff Medical Center Heliport
5IA0 · Newton, Iowa · Jasper County · map
Skiff Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa, 947 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 75 by 75 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5IA0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Skiff Medical Center
- Elevation
- 947 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1993
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 75 × 75 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Newton Muni-Earl Johnson Field (2 nm southeast), Grinnell Regional (14 nm east), Pella Municipal (19 nm south), Ankeny Regional (23 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Newton Muni-Earl Johnson Field (2 nm southeast), Grinnell Regional (14 nm east), Pella Municipal (19 nm south), Ankeny Regional (23 nm west).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided 8:1 glide slope; 2:1 transitional; and prior to activation the trees are to be removed and the wires and poles are to be marked and lighted.
- Medical use.
- Hansen lind meyer inc.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Newton from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Newton, Iowa: 8 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Newton 14 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5IA0.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.