KY River Medical Center Heliport
8KY5 · Jackson, Kentucky · Breathitt County · map
KY River Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Ky River Medical Center, 1 mile southwest of Jackson, Kentucky, 738 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8KY5
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ky River Medical Center
- Elevation
- 738 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2012
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Jackson from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Jackson, Kentucky: 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Kentucky.
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 VFR operations and pvt use only.
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.