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

St. Francis Hospital - Litchfield Heliport

73IL · Litchfield, Illinois · Montgomery County · map

St. Francis Hospital - Litchfield Heliport is a private heliport owned by St Francis Hospital, 1 mile east of Litchfield, Illinois, 690 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 airport

Codes: FAA 73IL
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: St Francis Hospital
Elevation: 690 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
On the chart: St Louis sectional
Magnetic variation: 0W
In the FAA's files since: February 2000

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	50 × 50 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Litchfield from the FAA register

13 aircraft are registered to owners in Litchfield, Illinois: 10 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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:

Better Fly INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Litchfield Municipal 3LF · 2 nm southwest Zelmer Memorial Airpark INC 5K1 · 22 nm northwest Highland-Winet Airport H07 · 24 nm south Greenville Airport GRE · 24 nm southeast Vandalia Municipal VLA · 25 nm southeast St. Louis Regional ALN · 26 nm southwest Taylorville Municipal TAZ · 26 nm northeast Litchfield Fire Dept West Side Emergency Services Heliport 4IL0 · 2 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided all approach/departure 085-095 and 215-225, area is marked, wind indicator maintained and cmply with part 91.126(B)(2).
24 hours
For perimeter lights radio request on frequency 155.34.

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.