St. Joseph Berea Heliport
5KY3 · Berea, Kentucky · Madison County · map
St. Joseph Berea Heliport is a private heliport, 1 mile southwest of Berea, Kentucky, 972 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 42 by 42 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 5KY3
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 972 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2014
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 42 × 42 ft | Concrete |
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: Central Kentucky Regional (4 nm northwest), Stuart Powell Field (23 nm west), London/Corbin/Magee Airport (31 nm south), Blue Grass Airport (31 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Central Kentucky Regional (4 nm northwest), Stuart Powell Field (23 nm west), Stanton Airport (27 nm northeast), London/Corbin/Magee Airport (31 nm south).
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 Kentucky · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Berea from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Berea, Kentucky: 6 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 Kentucky.
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:
- Eastern Kentucky University 24 aircraft · Richmond, 4 miles away
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Berea 7 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 drones
- Eastern Kentucky University 24 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,985 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5KY3.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.