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 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
- 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 |
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, 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 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.
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.