Barton Memorial Hospital Heliport
CA43 · South Lake Tahoe, California · El Dorado County · map
Barton Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Barton Memorial Hospital, 2 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, California, 6,298 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 42 by 42 feet of mats.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CA43
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Barton Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 6,298 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1973
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 42 × 42 ft | Mats | Perimeter lights |
- Runway H1: runway lead-in lights
Aircraft registered in South Lake Tahoe from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in South Lake Tahoe, California: 21 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. 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 California.
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
- Medical.
- Power line and trees to north and South of helipad. Approach on mag brgs of 071 degrees or 257 degrees, departure on reciprocal brgs.
- Activate runway H1 perimeter lights, rlls lights and wind cone - 123.05.
- Aluminum rooftop.
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.