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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2022
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, fair | |
| H2 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, fair |
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: Venice Municipal (4 nm south), Sarasota/Bradenton International (17 nm northwest), Punta Gorda Airport (26 nm southeast), Albert Whitted Airport (39 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Venice Municipal (4 nm south), Sarasota/Bradenton International (17 nm northwest), Punta Gorda Airport (26 nm southeast), Arcadia Municipal (31 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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 2019-ASO-3846-NRA
- Helipad H1 temporary closed.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Venice Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Nokomis, 2 miles away
- Florida Flight Training Center INC 12 aircraft · Venice, 5 miles away Florida Flight Training Center is a flight school based at Venice Municipal Airport in Florida that has trained over 3,000 pilots in more than 30 years.
- Sarasota Aero Club LLC 2 aircraft · Venice, 5 miles away Sarasota Aero Club is a flight school based at Venice Municipal Airport in Venice, Florida, offering FAA Part 61 flight training from private pilot through flight instructor certification.
- Sarasota Seabreeze Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Venice, 5 miles away Sarasota Seabreeze Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport in Florida.
- Suncoast Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Venice, 5 miles away Suncoast Flyers is a flying club located on Florida's central Gulf Coast.
Repair stations in Venice:
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Venice 95 aircraft · 78 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters
- Florida Flight Training Center INC 8 aircraft in town
- Florida Flight Training Center 4 aircraft in town
- Sarasota Aero Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- SA Fliers LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Venice Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Florida Flight Training Center INC 12 aircraft · flight school
- Sarasota Aero Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Sarasota Avionics INC · repair station
- Vse Aviation Services, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,111 since 1982 · 988 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,717 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8FD8.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.