Hca Florida North Florida Hospital Heliport
FA56 · Gainesville, Florida · Alachua County · map
Hca Florida North Florida Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Hca Health Services of Florida INC, 5 miles west of Gainesville, Florida, 143 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of mats.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FA56
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Hca Health Services of Florida INC
- Elevation
- 143 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2001
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Mats | Perimeter lights |
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
- Provided VFR operations, pvt use, all approach/departure from 355 to 005 and from 175 to 185, all trees and light posts be removed, trees adjacent to North side of gresham drug store be removed, parking spaces are removed, area is marked, and wind indicator be maintained.
- Rooftop.
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.