Uva Health University Hospital Heliport
8VA5 · Charlottesville, Virginia · Albemarle County · map
Uva Health University Hospital Heliport is a private heliport in Charlottesville, Virginia, 655 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 46 by 46 feet of mats.
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 8VA5
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 655 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1982
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 46 × 46 ft | Mats | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | · Uva medcom mnts UNICOM. |
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: Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (7 nm north), Shenandoah Valley Regional (23 nm northwest), Louisa County/Freeman Field (25 nm east), Orange County (25 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (7 nm north), Eagle'S Nest Airport (21 nm west), Shenandoah Valley Regional (23 nm northwest), Louisa County/Freeman Field (25 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 Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Restricted to medical emergencies only.
- Rotating beacon colors are red, green and clear.
- Activate rotating beacon - 123.05, 5 clicks.
- Medical use.
- Activate perimeter lights - 123.05, 5 clicks.
- Univ. Of Virginia Hospital.
- Uva medcom mnts UNICOM.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Charlottesville from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Charlottesville, Virginia: 39 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 4 business jets, 2 helicopters, 2 gliders. 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 Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Charlottesville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Angel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Charlottesville, 8 miles away
- Three Chopt Flying Club 1 aircraft · Charlottesville, 8 miles away Three Chopt Flying Club is a non-profit 501(c)(7) social flying club based at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport in Virginia.
Repair stations in Charlottesville:
- Clear Sky Aviation, LLC Clear Sky Aviation is an FAA Certified Repair Station based in Charlottesville, Virginia, providing aircraft management, maintenance, avionics services, and aircraft consulting/brokerage.
- Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC Signature Aviation operates a network of over 200 private aviation terminals (FBOs) across 27 countries, providing hospitality, ground services, and facilities for business and private aviation customers.
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 Charlottesville 60 aircraft · 39 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 4 business jets
- Blue Falcon LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Taylor Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Angel Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Three Chopt Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Clear Sky Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 228 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,972 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8VA5.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 9, 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.