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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Chariton Municipal (24 nm northeast), Creston Municipal (32 nm northwest), Centerville Municipal (39 nm east), Winterset Municipal (39 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lamoni Municipal (10 nm southwest), Osceola Municipal (18 nm north), Chariton Municipal (24 nm northeast), Creston Municipal (32 nm northwest).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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 Leon 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6IA0.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.