Murphy Medical Center Heliport
5NC4 · Murphy, North Carolina · Cherokee County · map
Murphy Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport, 4 miles southeast of Murphy, North Carolina, 1,606 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 airport
- Codes
- FAA 5NC4
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,606 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1989
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Aircraft registered in Murphy from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Murphy, North Carolina: 21 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 glider. 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR/pvt use.
- Medical.
- Monitor vhf radio frequencies 155.340 and 155.280.
- 70' antenna at 600' North of pad.
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.