Shands Cair Heliport
63FL · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map
Shands Cair Heliport is a private heliport owned by Shands Hospital, 3 miles southwest of Gainesville, Florida, 94 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 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 63FL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Shands Hospital
- Elevation
- 94 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
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1982
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | 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: Gainesville Regional (5 nm northeast), Williston Regional (18 nm south), Keystone Heights Airport (20 nm northeast), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (29 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gainesville Regional (5 nm northeast), Williston Regional (18 nm south), Keystone Heights Airport (20 nm northeast), Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field (29 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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR/pvt use; approach/departure operations 030-110 degreess and 260-330 degrs; takeoff/landing area approply marked; NON-OBSTG wind indcr mntnd; loa with Shands helicopter insuring no disruptive operations between the two locations.
- Frequency 123.025 mntd at helicopter.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register
156 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Florida: 97 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 5 gliders. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Gainesville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Blue Skies Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Gainesville, 6 miles away Blue Skies Flight Training is a Part 61 flight school operating out of Williston Regional Airport near Gainesville, Florida.
- Gville Flyers I LLC 1 aircraft · Gainesville, 6 miles away Gville Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida.
Charter operators and airlines based in Gainesville:
- Gulf Atlantic Airways, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Gainesville:
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 Gainesville 156 aircraft · 97 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins
- Gulf Atlantic Airways INC 14 aircraft in town
- Gainesville Aircraft Sales INC 10 aircraft in town
- Altair Aircraft LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Bravo Xray LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Mustang Hangar LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Gulf Atlantic Airways, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Blue Skies Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Gville Flyers I LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Consortia Aerospace Group INC · repair station
- Naylor'S Instrument Service INC · repair station
- University Air Center · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/63FL.json.
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 27, 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.