Gibson Area Hospital Heliport
9IS8 · Gibson City, Illinois · Ford County · map
Gibson Area Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Gibson Area Hospital & Health Svc in Gibson City, Illinois, 782 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 9IS8
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Gibson Area Hospital & Health Svc
- Elevation
- 782 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1986
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Gibson City from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Gibson City, Illinois: 3 drones, 1 turboprop. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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 all operations are from 306 degrees to 090 degrees; area is marked; wind indicator is mntd.
- Medical use.
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.