Miners Memorial Health Center Heliport
8LL8 · West Frankfort, Illinois · Franklin County · map
Miners Memorial Health Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Franklin Community Care Services, 1 mile west of West Frankfort, Illinois, 402 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
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 8LL8
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Franklin Community Care Services
- Elevation
- 402 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2001
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
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: Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois (9 nm south), Southern Illinois Airport (16 nm southwest), Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (20 nm east), Mount Vernon Airport (26 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Benton Municipal (7 nm north), Veterans Airport Of Southern Illinois (9 nm south), Southern Illinois Airport (16 nm southwest), Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport (20 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 Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided approach/departure from 175-185 and 295-305; area marked; wind indicator maintained; comply with part 91.126(B)(2).
- Sharon pulliam
- Ext 345
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Frankfort from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list West Frankfort, IL as the owner's town.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,050 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8LL8.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 October 28, 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.