Sarasota Memorial Hospital Heliport
FA23 · Sarasota, Florida · Sarasota County · map
Sarasota Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Sarasota County Pub Hosp Board in Sarasota, Florida, 100 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.
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 FA23
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sarasota County Pub Hosp Board
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1971
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | 48 × 46 ft | Concrete, fair | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, fair |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Sarasota/Bradenton International (5 nm north), Venice Municipal (16 nm south), Albert Whitted Airport (27 nm north), St. Pete-Clearwater International (36 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sarasota/Bradenton International (5 nm north), Venice Municipal (16 nm south), Manatee Airport (20 nm north), Albert Whitted Airport (27 nm north).
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 Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Private USE-VFR two way radio communications must be maintained with Sarasota airport traffic control tower at all times
- Rooftop 115 feet above ground level.
- Rooftop 67 feet above ground level.
- Marked with letter a; use for NON-CRITICAL care patients.
- Marked with letter B; use for critical care patients.
- Elev penthouse 140 feet west of landing area and 35 feet above.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sarasota from the FAA register
294 aircraft are registered to owners in Sarasota, Florida: 212 piston singles, 31 business jets, 15 turboprops, 14 piston twins, 9 drones. 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 Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Sarasota, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cirrus Aviation INC 13 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away Cirrus Aviation is a flight school based at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ) in Florida that has provided pilot training since 1994.
- Royal Aviation Academy LLC 2 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away Royal Aviation is an FAA Part 61 flight school based at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.
- Gulf Coast Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away
- Sarasota Westwind Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away Sarasota Westwind Flyers is a flying club based in Sarasota, Florida.
- Suncoast Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away
- Venice Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Sarasota, 2 miles away
- Rialto Christian Flyers Club INC 2 aircraft · Bradenton, 12 miles away
- L & R Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Bradenton, 12 miles away
- Venice Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Nokomis, 15 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Sarasota:
- Aircraft Services Group, Inc. 15 aircraft on the certificate
- Air Sitarah INC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Unbridled Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Unbridled Air is a charter operator offering private jet charter services with a focus on business and luxury travel.
Repair stations in Sarasota:
- Boca Aircraft Maintenance, LLC.
- Fsh Maintenance, LLC FSH Maintenance is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station specializing in Robinson helicopter maintenance and service.
- Gulf Coast Instruments INC Gulf Coast Avionics is an avionics and flight instruments supplier and repair station.
- Hensoldt Avionics USA, LLC
- Radiant Power Corporation
- Safran Power USA, LLC.
- Sarasota Avionics INC
- Sensorlab INC
- Unipak Aviation LLC
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 Sarasota 294 aircraft · 212 piston singles, 31 business jets, 15 turboprops
- Cirrus Aviation INC 12 aircraft in town
- Sarasota County Emergency Services 6 aircraft in town
- Sunset Leasing INC 3 aircraft in town
- Lindair INC 3 aircraft in town
- Hangar Investments LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Landmark Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Aircraft Services Group, Inc. 15 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air Sitarah INC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Unbridled Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cirrus Aviation INC 13 aircraft · flight school
- Royal Aviation Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Gulf Coast Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Boca Aircraft Maintenance, LLC. · repair station
- Fsh Maintenance, LLC · repair station
- Gulf Coast Instruments INC · repair station
- Hensoldt Avionics USA, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FA23.json.
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 27, 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.