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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Paxton Airport (11 nm east), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (15 nm southeast), Frasca Field (21 nm south), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (25 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Paxton Airport (11 nm east), Rantoul Ntl Avn Cntr-Frank Elliott Field (15 nm southeast), Frasca Field (21 nm south), Central IL Rgnl/Bloomington-Normal Airport (25 nm west).
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 all operations are from 306 degrees to 090 degrees; area is marked; wind indicator is mntd.
- Medical use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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 Gibson City 4 aircraft · 3 drones, 1 turboprops
- R & M Custom Application LLC 2 aircraft in town
- 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/9IS8.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.