Airports · California · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Correctional Training Facility Heliport

CA56 · Soledad, California · Monterey County · map

Correctional Training Facility Heliport is a private heliport owned by California Dept of Correction, 3 miles west of Soledad, California, 180 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA CA56
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: California Dept of Correction
Elevation: 180 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights sunset to sunrise
On the chart: San Francisco sectional
Magnetic variation: 15E
In the FAA's files since: August 1988

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	50 × 50 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Soledad from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Soledad, California: 1 piston single, 1 drone. 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, 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

Salinas Municipal SNS · 16 nm northwest Mesa Del Rey Airport KIC · 19 nm southeast Marina Municipal OAR · 22 nm northwest Monterey Regional MRY · 23 nm west Hollister Municipal CVH · 26 nm north Frazier Lake Airpark 1C9 · 29 nm north Metz Airport 3CA7 · 13 nm southeast · private Natividad Medical Center Heliport 5CL4 · 18 nm northwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided PR use/VFR conditions only; and lighting is installed iaw heliport design guide.
Ext 2431
Ext 2411

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.