Bates County Hospital Heliport
81MO · Butler, Missouri · Bates County · map
Bates County Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Bates County Hospital in Butler, Missouri, 820 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of asphalt and 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 81MO
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Bates County Hospital
- Elevation
- 820 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1983
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt and 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: Nevada Municipal (24 nm south), Clinton Regional (32 nm east), Fort Scott Municipal (34 nm southwest), Johnson County Executive (40 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Butler Memorial (2 nm north), Lawrence Smith Memorial (22 nm north), Nevada Municipal (24 nm south), Clinton Regional (32 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 Missouri · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided clr approach/departure paths for a minimum 8:1 glideslope; a clear transitional surface for a minimum 2:1 slope; and all obstructions are marked and lighted in accord with airspace ltr(04/01/93) prior to activatin of helipad.
- Medical.
- Building 60 feet northwest; power lines 90 feet south; 60 feet lighted comm tower 90 feet northwest; 480 feet tower 2000 feet southwest of helicopter.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Butler from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Butler, Missouri: 6 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Missouri.
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 Butler 12 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 1 turboprops
- Accidents and incidents in Missouri 1,640 since 1982 · 219 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Missouri 124 landing places
- Missouri 5,814 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/81MO.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 November 2, 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.