The Medical Center AT Franklin Heliport
81KY · Franklin, Kentucky · Simpson County · map
The Medical Center AT Franklin Heliport is a private heliport owned by The Medical Center At Franklin, 1 mile north of Franklin, Kentucky, 723 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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 81KY
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- The Medical Center At Franklin
- Elevation
- 723 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
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2010
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Douglas Hunter Field (8 nm southeast), Russellville-Logan County (13 nm northwest), Bowling Green-Warren County Regional (18 nm northeast), Springfield Robertson County (19 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Douglas Hunter Field (8 nm southeast), Russellville-Logan County (13 nm northwest), Bowling Green-Warren County Regional (18 nm northeast), Springfield Robertson County (19 nm southwest).
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 Kentucky · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided takeoff/landing area marked; all approach/departure rte helicopter operations conducted from 030 to 270 degrees clkws.
- RDO-REQ 122.9
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Franklin from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Franklin, Kentucky: 19 helicopters, 11 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. 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 Kentucky.
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 Franklin 34 aircraft · 19 helicopters, 11 piston singles, 2 drones
- Sierra Aeronautics LLC 18 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Kentucky 702 since 1982 · 112 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Kentucky 60 landing places
- Kentucky 2,981 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/81KY.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.