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 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
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Franklin from the FAA register
33 aircraft are registered to owners in Franklin, Kentucky: 19 helicopters, 11 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider, 1 drone. 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 Kentucky.
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
- Provided takeoff/landing area marked; all approach/departure rte helicopter operations conducted from 030 to 270 degrees clkws.
- RDO-REQ 122.9
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.