Dale Medical Center Heliport
AL87 · Ozark, Alabama · Dale County · map
Dale Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Dale Medical Center in Ozark, Alabama, 390 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 44 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AL87
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Dale Medical Center
- Elevation
- 390 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1990
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 44 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Ozark from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Ozark, Alabama: 27 piston singles, 10 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Alabama.
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
- Operations are conducted from 180-240 degrees, area is marked and wind indicator is maintained.
- Medical use only.
- MR. vernon johnson, ceo
- Ext 1428
- 30' trees 50-80' nnw of pad; 100' tower 175' nnw and 25' building 75' nnw.
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.