Salem Township Hospital Heliport
5IL9 · Salem, Illinois · Marion County · map
Salem Township Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Salem Township Hospital, 1 mile north of Salem, Illinois, 570 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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5IL9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Salem Township Hospital
- Elevation
- 570 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
- St Louis sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2002
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 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: Centralia Municipal (10 nm southwest), Mount Vernon Airport (20 nm south), Flora Municipal (23 nm east), Greenville Airport (23 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Salem-Leckrone Airport (1 nm west), Centralia Municipal (10 nm southwest), Mount Vernon Airport (20 nm south), Flora Municipal (23 nm east).
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 Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided approach/departure from 075-085 and 285-295, tkoff lnd area marked, wind indicator maintained, and far 91.126 (B)(2) compiled with.
- Ext 179.
- Ext 179.
- 78 feet trees 190 feet northeast, 33 feet pole 150 feet southeast, 27 feet powerline 50 feet south, 28 feet pole 280 feet L, 66 feet trees 418 feet southwest.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Salem from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Illinois: 10 piston singles, 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 Illinois.
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:
- Airgo INC 23 aircraft · Centralia, 12 miles away Airgo is a flight academy based in Centralia, Illinois, that has provided pilot training since 1968.
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.
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 Salem 13 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 1 helicopters, 1 drones
- Airgo INC 23 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5IL9.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 29, 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.