Mercy Hospital Heliport
IA57 · Oelwein, Iowa · Fayette County · map
Mercy Hospital Heliport is a private heliport in Oelwein, Iowa, 1,119 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 feet of concrete.
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 IA57
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,119 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Oelwein Municipal (3 nm west), James H Connell Field AT Independence Municipal (13 nm south), George L Scott Municipal (19 nm north), Waterloo Regional (23 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Oelwein Municipal (3 nm west), James H Connell Field AT Independence Municipal (13 nm south), George L Scott Municipal (19 nm north), Manchester Municipal (21 nm southeast).
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 Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided clear 8:1 slope for approach/departure paths and 2:1 slope for transitional surface; boiler house chimney is obstr lighted and power lines marked with DAY-GLO spherical markers.
- Medical use.
- Has lighted 50 feet smokestack 90 feet southwest; 68 feet building 83 feet southwest; 24 feet building 158 feet southwest.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Oelwein from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Oelwein, Iowa: 3 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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 Oelwein 4 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,510 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IA57.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.