Shelby County Sheriff'S Office Heliport
91AL · Columbiana, Alabama · Shelby County · map
Shelby County Sheriff'S Office Heliport is a private heliport owned by Sheriff R. John Samaniego, 1 mile ese of Columbiana, Alabama, 593 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 91AL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sheriff R. John Samaniego
- Elevation
- 593 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2015
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good |
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: Shelby County (8 nm west), Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal (16 nm east), Bessemer Ntl Airport (17 nm northwest), Chilton County (20 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Shelby County (8 nm west), Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal (16 nm east), Bessemer Ntl Airport (17 nm northwest), Chilton County (20 nm south).
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 Alabama · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbiana from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Columbiana, Alabama: 7 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 balloon. 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 Alabama.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Slipstream Aviation LLC 9 aircraft · Calera, 8 miles away Slipstream Aviation is a Part 61 flight school based at West Georgia Regional Airport in Carrollton, Georgia.
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 Columbiana 13 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 piston twins
- Shelby County Sheriffs Office 3 aircraft in town
- High Times Adventure CO LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Yak-Ity-Yak LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Come Fly With Me LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Slipstream Aviation LLC 9 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,349 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/91AL.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 30, 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.