Indianapolis Downtown Heliport
8A4 · Indianapolis, Indiana · Marion County · map
Indianapolis Downtown Heliport is a public-use heliport in Indianapolis, Indiana, 732 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete. It has fuel (Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8A4
- Kind
- Heliport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 732 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm; weekends, on required
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1978
Landing pad
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway H1: non-standard
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | · Activate odals; plasi; high intst pad lights - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 125.275 | |
| 8A4 AWOS-3 | 135.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 317-955-3160.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Indianapolis from the FAA register
453 aircraft are registered to owners in Indianapolis, Indiana: 292 piston singles, 50 business jets, 27 piston twins, 25 drones, 24 helicopters. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Facility and airport regs per Indianapolis airport authorized.
- Activate odals; plasi; high intst pad lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Self serve.
- Odals WB ingress
- Pulsating approach slope indicator; on east approach.
- Building area northeast lighted.
- Coord ingress/egress with Indianapolis approach - 125.275; arrival and departure east or west hdg; rmn south of helicopter; utilize railroad and interstate for ingress/egress.
- Noise abatement procedure in effect - amgr.
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.