Mercy Hospital Heliport
IA72 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Linn County · map
Mercy Hospital Heliport is a private heliport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 850 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA72
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 850 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1979
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Cedar Rapids from the FAA register
118 aircraft are registered to owners in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 89 piston singles, 11 business jets, 9 balloons, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops. 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 that the approach/departure area are maintd a minimum 8:1 glide slope and that the transitional surface be maintd for a minimum 2:1 slope
- Medical.
- Use east or west approach only
- 50 feet an X 50 feet tlof, 100 feet an X 100 feet fato.
- Buildings north; power lines east, south and west.
- Use caution when landing on windy days.
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.