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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1988
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 70 ft | Grass | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
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: Covington Municipal (2 nm north), Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field (23 nm north), Barrow County (25 nm north), Atlanta Speedway Airport (27 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Covington Municipal (2 nm north), CY Nunnally Memorial (13 nm northeast), Madison Municipal (19 nm east), Gwinnett County/Briscoe Field (23 nm north).
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 Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provide VFR/pvt use.
- Medical
- (A52) 75' trees 60' south and 50' building 100' east of helipad
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Covington, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Covington 23 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Technology Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,800 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/71GA.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.