Eamc Freestanding Emerg Dept Heliport
AL85 · Auburn, Alabama · Lee County · map
Eamc Freestanding Emerg Dept Heliport is a private heliport owned by East Alabama Medical Center, 2 miles southwest of Auburn, Alabama, 619 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 AL85
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- East Alabama Medical Center
- Elevation
- 619 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
- April 2021
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good | 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: Auburn University Regional (4 nm northeast), Moton Field Municipal (12 nm southwest), Columbus Airport (29 nm east), Thomas C Russell Field (31 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Auburn University Regional (4 nm northeast), Moton Field Municipal (12 nm southwest), Lanett Regional (19 nm northeast), Columbus Airport (29 nm east).
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
- Preferred approach/departure from/to northeast respectively. Preferred approach hdg 259 degreess. Preferred departure hdg 079 degreess.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Auburn from the FAA register
93 aircraft are registered to owners in Auburn, Alabama: 60 piston singles, 14 drones, 10 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 4 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.
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:
- Auburn University 26 aircraft · Auburn, 4 miles away Auburn University is one of the South's largest universities located in Auburn, Alabama.
- Flight Club Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · Auburn, 4 miles away
- Rd Aire LLC 7 aircraft · Opelika, 9 miles away RD Aire is a flight school at Auburn University Regional Airport in Auburn, Alabama, offering private, instrument, and commercial pilot training, recurrent training, flight reviews, and aircraft rentals.
- Red Tail Scholarship Foundation 8 aircraft · Tuskegee, 14 miles away Red Tail Flight Academy is a non-profit flight school based at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Repair stations in Auburn:
- Archangel Systems INC Archangel Systems is an avionics manufacturer specializing in Air Data, Attitude, and Heading Reference Systems (ADAHRS and AHRS) and data conversion solutions for military, business, and general aviation aircraft.
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 Auburn 93 aircraft · 60 piston singles, 14 drones, 10 piston twins
- Auburn University 19 aircraft in town
- Ivm Solutions LLC 3 aircraft in town
- N528R LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Harris Precision Solutions LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Auburn University 26 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Flight Club Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Rd Aire LLC 7 aircraft · flight school
- Archangel Systems 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/AL85.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.