Southwest Alabama Medical Center Heliport
AL48 · Thomasville, Alabama · Clarke County · map
Southwest Alabama Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Southwest Alabama Medical Center in Thomasville, Alabama, 265 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
The FAA lists this heliport as closed indefinitely.
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 AL48
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Southwest Alabama Medical Center
- Elevation
- 265 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete |
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: Demopolis Regional (34 nm north), Monroe County Aeroplex (35 nm southeast), Craig Field (45 nm northeast), Evergreen Rgnl/Middleton Field (47 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jackson Municipal (29 nm south), Demopolis Regional (34 nm north), Monroe County Aeroplex (35 nm southeast), Craig Field (45 nm northeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided pvt use; operations are conducted from 130-180; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained; operations are restricted to maximum 10 knot tailwind; trees are removed.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Thomasville from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Thomasville, AL as the owner's town.
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.
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,346 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AL48.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.