Clarke County Hospital Heliport
6IA9 · Osceola, Iowa · Clarke County · map
Clarke County Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, Iowa, 1,095 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt and 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 6IA9
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Clarke County Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,095 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
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1992
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt and 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 (18 nm east), Winterset Municipal (23 nm northwest), Creston Municipal (27 nm west), Des Moines International (31 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Osceola Municipal (4 nm northeast), Chariton Municipal (18 nm east), Winterset Municipal (23 nm northwest), Lamoni Municipal (24 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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided clear approach/departure paths to landing area for a minimum 8:1 glide slope and a clear transitional surface for a minimum 2:1 glide slope.
- Medical.
- 25 feet tree 75 feet northeast; 30 feet tree 50 feet east; 34 feet tree 100 feet southeast; 45 feet tree 100 feet southwest; and 37 feet building 50 feet west of helipad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Osceola from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Osceola, Iowa: 31 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 Osceola 31 aircraft · 31 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/6IA9.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.