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 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Key West from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Key West, Florida: 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 9 helicopters, 8 piston twins, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
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
- 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.
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.