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

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Heliport

8FD8 · Venice, Florida · Sarasota County · map

Sarasota Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Sarasota County Public Hospital, 3 miles northeast of Venice, Florida, 16 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 8FD8
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Sarasota County Public Hospital
Elevation: 16 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
On the chart: Miami sectional
In the FAA's files since: August 2022

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pads 2

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	40 × 40 ft	Concrete, fair
H2	40 × 40 ft	Asphalt, fair

Aircraft registered in Venice from the FAA register

95 aircraft are registered to owners in Venice, Florida: 78 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 3 drones, 2 turboprops. 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:

Florida Flight Training Center INC 8Florida Flight Training Center 4Sarasota Aero Club LLC 2SA Fliers LLC 2Agape Flights INC 2

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

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Venice Municipal VNC · 4 nm south Buchan Airport X36 · 9 nm south Sarasota/Bradenton International SRQ · 17 nm northwest Punta Gorda Airport PGD · 26 nm southeast Shell Creek Airpark F13 · 28 nm east North Port Fire Rescue Station 86 Heliport 4FA9 · 7 nm southeast · private North Port Ems Heliport 84FD · 11 nm southeast · private Englewood Community Hospital Heliport 0FL4 · 12 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

2019-ASO-3846-NRA
Helipad H1 temporary closed.

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.