Myrtue Memorial Hospital Heliport
IA55 · Harlan, Iowa · Shelby County · map
Myrtue Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Shelby CO Myrtue Mem Hospital in Harlan, Iowa, 1,231 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 25 by 25 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA55
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Shelby CO Myrtue Mem Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,231 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 25 × 25 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Harlan from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Harlan, Iowa: 10 piston singles, 4 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 Iowa.
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 power line east of pad be removed; remove tree northeast; remove/relocate light standard north of pad.
- Medical use.
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.