Decatur County Hospital Heliport
6IA0 · Leon, Iowa · Decatur County · map
Decatur County Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Decatur County Hospital in Leon, Iowa, 1,100 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 6IA0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Decatur County Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1992
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Leon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Leon, Iowa: 2 piston singles. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided clear approach/departure paths for minimum 8:1 glide slope; clear transitional surface for minimum 2:1; power line and poles mdk with DAY-GLO orange marker balls; remove light pole immediately south of pad.
- Medical use.
- +30 feet flag pole 75 feet south and +30 feet light pole 50 feet south.
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.