Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Helistop 1
CA77 · Ridgecrest, California · Kern County · map
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Helistop 1 is a private heliport owned by Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, 1 mile north of Ridgecrest, California, 2,291 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 77 by 77 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 CA77
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
- Elevation
- 2,291 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1973
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 77 × 77 ft | Concrete |
- Runway H1: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Inyokern Airport (8 nm west), California City Municipal (34 nm southwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (42 nm southwest), Tehachapi Municipal (48 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Inyokern Airport (8 nm west), California City Municipal (34 nm southwest), Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (42 nm southwest), Tehachapi Municipal (48 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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Private use.
- Medical.
- Administrator
- Power lines (55 feet poles) to northwest. Trees to northeast.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ridgecrest from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Ridgecrest, California: 32 piston singles, 8 gliders, 3 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 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.
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 California.
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:
- Sierra Soaring Club 3 aircraft · Ridgecrest, 1 mile away Sierra Soaring Club is a flying club based in Inyokern, California, that operates sailplanes for flight training, scenic rides, and cross-country soaring.
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.
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ridgecrest 45 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 8 gliders, 3 piston twins
- Sierra Soaring Club 3 aircraft in town
- Placebo Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Sierra Soaring Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA77.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.