Decatur Memorial Hospital Heliport
8IS6 · Decatur, Illinois · Macon County · map
Decatur Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Decatur Memorial Hospital, 5 miles southeast of Decatur, Illinois, 750 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of mats.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8IS6
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Decatur Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 750 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1974
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Mats, good | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Decatur from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Decatur, Illinois: 20 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 1 drone. 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 Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided approach/departure from 085 degrees to 095 degrees and from 265 to 275 degrees; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained; and comply with far part 91.126(B)(2).
- Medical use.
- Heliport used for emergency evacuation of patients via the trauma network of Illinois emergency medical services.
- And flood lights.
- Runway H1 is elevated rooftop steel deck.
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.