Shands Helistop
FA12 · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map
Shands Helistop is a private heliport owned by Shands Hospital, 3 miles southwest of Gainesville, Florida, 258 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 72 by 72 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FA12
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Shands Hospital
- Elevation
- 258 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1993
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 72 × 72 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure 10000 feet and below | 118.175 |
Aircraft registered in Gainesville from the FAA register
156 aircraft are registered to owners in Gainesville, Florida: 97 piston singles, 30 business jets, 13 piston twins, 5 turboprops, 5 gliders. 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 Florida.
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
- VFR/pvt use only; takeoff/landing area aproply marked; NON-OBSTNG wind indicator maintained; loa with Shands cair insuring no disruption of flight operations between two heliports.
- 24 hours
- Limited to 11000 pounds gross weight.
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.