Airports · Tennessee · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Bell Helicopter Heliport

89TN · Johnson City, Tennessee · Sullivan County · map

Bell Helicopter Heliport is a private heliport owned by Textron INC, 9 miles northeast of Johnson City, Tennessee, 1,580 feet above sea level. It has 6 landing pads. It has fuel (Jet A).

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 89TN
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Textron INC
Elevation: 1,580 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
Fuel: Jet A
On the chart: Cincinnati sectional
In the FAA's files since: July 2009

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pads 6

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H6	60 × 60 ft	Concrete, good
H1	48 × 20 ft	Concrete, good	Perimeter lights
H2	48 × 20 ft	Concrete, good	Perimeter lights
H3	48 × 20 ft	Concrete, good	Perimeter lights
H4	48 × 20 ft	Concrete, good	Perimeter lights
H5	48 × 20 ft	Concrete, good	Perimeter lights

Radio frequencies

UNICOM

123.075

Aircraft registered in Johnson City from the FAA register

63 aircraft are registered to owners in Johnson City, Tennessee: 49 piston singles, 6 business jets, 3 balloons, 2 gliders, 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.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Skycrafters INC 2Hairetown LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Johnson City Airport 0A4 · 4 nm south Tri-Cities Airport TRI · 6 nm northwest William B Greene JR Regional 0A9 · 7 nm southeast Virginia Highlands Airport VJI · 20 nm northeast Johnson County 6A4 · 23 nm east Greeneville Municipal GCY · 29 nm southwest Hawkins County RVN · 29 nm west Air Trade Center Heliport TN57 · 1 nm west · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; takeoff/landing area marked; wind indicator maintained; all appch/departure rte helicopter operations conducted from 020 to 170 degrees clkws and from 200 to 350 degrees clkws using the touchdown pad as the cntr of a compass rose.
RDO-CTL
Activate all pad perimeter lights - the common traffic frequency. All lights nvg compatible.

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.