Lower Keys Medical Center Heliport
7FA0 · Key West, Florida · Monroe County · map
Lower Keys Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, 3 miles northeast of Key West, Florida, 5 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
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 7FA0
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Florida Keys Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1971
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, fair | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Key West International (2 nm southwest), The Florida Keys Marathon International (39 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Key West International (2 nm southwest), The Florida Keys Marathon International (39 nm east).
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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Pvt USE-VFR.
- Medical.
- Ext 3401
- A 40 an X 40' inside 70' diameter circle with standard markings
- 60' pwr poles 600' northeast, southeast; hospital 150' southwest; 90'AGL ant 180' southwest; 32' power line and poles 300' west and southwest.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Key West from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in Key West, Florida: 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 8 piston twins, 8 helicopters, 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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Keys Cardinal Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Key West, 2 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Key West:
- Florida AeroCharter, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Monroe County Sheriff'S Office 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Promech Air Key West Seaplane Adventures (PM Air, LLC) 3 aircraft on the certificate Key West Seaplane Adventures operates seaplane tours from Key West, Florida to Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson, offering sightseeing flights, snorkeling, and wildlife viewing.
- Key West Sea and Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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 Key West 64 aircraft · 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 8 piston twins
- Monroe County Florida 3 aircraft in town
- Key West Helicopters LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Drg Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Florida AeroCharter, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Monroe County Sheriff'S Office 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Promech Air Key West Seaplane Adventures (PM Air, LLC) 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Key West Sea and Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Keys Cardinal Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,712 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/7FA0.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 30, 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.