Baptist Health - Van Buren Heliport
AR87 · Van Buren, Arkansas · Crawford County · map
Baptist Health - Van Buren Heliport is a private heliport, 1 mile east of Van Buren, Arkansas, 467 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 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 AR87
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 467 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1990
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- air ambulance
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fort Smith Regional (6 nm south), Sallisaw Municipal (23 nm west), Robert S Kerr Airport (28 nm southwest), Drake Field (35 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fort Smith Regional (6 nm south), Sallisaw Municipal (23 nm west), Ozark/Franklin County (25 nm east), Robert S Kerr Airport (28 nm southwest).
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 Arkansas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Med
- Provided helipad size increased to 70 feet by 70 feet; light poles and wires on north and south ends are removed.
- Medical
- Hospital
- J.C. bailey
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Van Buren from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Van Buren, Arkansas: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 business jet. 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 Arkansas.
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:
- Fort Smith Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · Fort Smith, 7 miles away
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 Van Buren 10 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 piston twins, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Fort Smith Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Arkansas 1,580 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arkansas 101 landing places
- Arkansas 3,495 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AR87.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 30, 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.