Airports · Georgia · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Piedmont Newton Hospital Heliport

71GA · Covington, Georgia · Newton County · map

Piedmont Newton Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Piedmont Newton Hospital, 1 mile northeast of Covington, Georgia, 772 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 70 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 71GA
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Piedmont Newton Hospital
Elevation: 772 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Atlanta sectional
Magnetic variation: 2W
In the FAA's files since: February 1988

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	100 × 70 ft	Grass	Perimeter lights

Radio frequencies

UNICOM

123.0

Aircraft registered in Covington from the FAA register

23 aircraft are registered to owners in Covington, Georgia: 20 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopter. 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 Georgia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Covington Municipal CVC · 2 nm north CY Nunnally Memorial D73 · 13 nm northeast Madison Municipal 52A · 19 nm east Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field LZU · 23 nm north Barrow County WDR · 25 nm north Atlanta Speedway Airport HMP · 27 nm southwest Dekalb-Peachtree Airport PDK · 28 nm northwest Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International ATL · 29 nm west

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provide VFR/pvt use.
Medical
(A52) 75' trees 60' south and 50' building 100' east of helipad

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.