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Arch - Effingham Heliport

77IL · Effingham, Illinois · Effingham County · map

Arch - Effingham Heliport is a private heliport owned by Air Methods CORP., 2 miles south of Effingham, Illinois, 585 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 15 by 15 feet of concrete.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 77IL
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Air Methods CORP.
Elevation: 585 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights sunset to sunrise
On the chart: St Louis sectional
In the FAA's files since: June 2004

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	15 × 15 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Effingham from the FAA register

41 aircraft are registered to owners in Effingham, Illinois: 21 piston singles, 18 drones, 2 business jets. 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:

Green Creek Drone Company LLC 10 Green Creek Drone CO LLC 5Effingham Eta LLC 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

Effingham County Regional 1H2 · 1 nm southeast Percival Springs Airport 2T2 · 4 nm south Shelby County 2H0 · 24 nm northwest Flora Municipal FOA · 25 nm south Coles County Memorial MTO · 27 nm northeast Olney-Noble Airport OLY · 28 nm southeast Casey Municipal 1H8 · 28 nm northeast Vandalia Municipal VLA · 29 nm west

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided all approaches/departure from 175-105 and 305-315, area marked and wind indicator is maintained, and comply with far part 91.126(B)(2).

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.