Uab Medical West Heliport
AL80 · Bessemer, Alabama · Jefferson County · map
Uab Medical West Heliport is a private heliport owned by Uab Medical West, 5 miles ssw of Bessemer, Alabama, 631 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 43 by 43 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 AL80
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Uab Medical West
- Elevation
- 631 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- July 2024
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 43 × 43 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Bessemer Ntl Airport (3 nm east), Shelby County (14 nm southeast), Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (18 nm northeast), Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport (32 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bessemer Ntl Airport (3 nm east), Shelby County (14 nm southeast), Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (18 nm northeast), Tuscaloosa Ntl Airport (32 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 Alabama · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bessemer from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Bessemer, Alabama: 5 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
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:
- Hka Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hoover, 11 miles away
Repair stations in Bessemer:
- Mid-South Avionics INC Mid-South Avionics is a repair station specializing in avionics installation, maintenance, and repair services for general aviation and small business aircraft.
- Southcoast Propeller Service INC
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 Bessemer 11 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 business jets
- Hka Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Mid-South Avionics INC · repair station
- Southcoast Propeller Service INC · repair station
- 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 4,348 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AL80.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 29, 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.