Airports · Washington · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Eastern State Hospital Ems Heliport

8WT0 · Medical Lake, Washington · Spokane County · map

Eastern State Hospital Ems Heliport is a private heliport owned by the State of Washington, Dshs, 1 mile west of Medical Lake, Washington, 2,500 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 airport

Codes: FAA 8WT0
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: State of Washington, Dshs
Elevation: 2,500 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Seattle sectional
In the FAA's files since: January 2010

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	40 × 40 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Medical Lake from the FAA register

13 aircraft are registered to owners in Medical Lake, Washington: 6 piston singles, 5 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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:

Spokane Turbine Skydiving LLC 2Inland Empire Drone Services LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Washington.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Spokane International GEG · 7 nm east Felts Field SFF · 17 nm northeast Mead Flying Service Airport 70S · 19 nm northeast Davenport Airport 68S · 20 nm west Rosalia Municipal 72S · 23 nm southeast Deer Park Airport DEW · 26 nm northeast Fairchild Air Force Base SKA · 3 nm northeast · private Flying R Ranch Airport WA49 · 5 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR operations and pvt use only; proponent monitors the geight of the trees on the east side of the helicopter as potential obstructions; class C rules apply to all departures and arrivals because helicopter is within the ska class C surface area and borders on a military helicopter training area.
DAWN-DUSK
Perimeter and flood lights.
20 feet building 100 feet north and northwest of pad.

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.