Colonel Bobby Waddle/Desoto Heliport
73T · Desoto, Texas · Dallas County · map
Colonel Bobby Waddle/Desoto Heliport is a public-use heliport owned by the City of Desoto, 3 miles north of Desoto, Texas, 648 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 54 by 54 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 73T
- Kind
- Heliport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Desoto
- Elevation
- 648 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2015
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 54 × 54 ft | Concrete, good | Non-standard lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Desoto from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Desoto, Texas: 11 helicopters, 3 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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
- Inside krbd class D surface area, contact Dallas exec tower 127.25.
- Sunset to sunrise on photocell.
- SELF-SERVE fuel.
- Ingress/egress north &S.
- Lights with recessed lights srndg landing pads.
- Approach ratio to north 33:1; to south 22:1; to west 2:1; to east 8:1.
- 49 feet pwr pole 1529 feet north; 15 feet road, 500 feet north; 42 feet building, 270 feet northeast.
- 1024 feet above sea level (310 feet above ground level) tower, 310 degrees.73 mile from 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.