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 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Sarasota from the FAA register
295 aircraft are registered to owners in Sarasota, Florida: 212 piston singles, 31 business jets, 15 turboprops, 15 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, 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
- 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.
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.