Chippenham Hospital Heliport
6VA3 · Richmond, Virginia · Chesterfield County · map
Chippenham Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Chippenham Hospital, 15 miles east of Richmond, Virginia, 307 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6VA3
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Chippenham Hospital
- Elevation
- 307 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1979
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Richmond from the FAA register
139 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Virginia: 81 piston singles, 20 business jets, 15 helicopters, 12 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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 Virginia.
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
- Medical use.
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.