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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: The Eastern Iowa Airport (6 nm southwest), Marion Airport (6 nm northeast), Iowa City Municipal (21 nm south), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (22 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: The Eastern Iowa Airport (6 nm southwest), Marion Airport (6 nm northeast), Iowa City Municipal (21 nm south), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (22 nm northwest).
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 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cedar Rapids from the FAA register
117 aircraft are registered to owners in Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 88 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Executive Aero Flight Club LLC 2 aircraft · Cedar Rapids, 7 miles away Executive Aero Club is a private, members-only Cirrus Training Center based at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a second location at Ankeny Airport.
- Cloud 9 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Cedar Rapids, 7 miles away
- Yankee Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Mount Vernon, 12 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Cedar Rapids:
- Jet There LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Jet There is a private air charter operator based at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Repair stations in Cedar Rapids:
- Rockwell Collins INC
- Rockwell Collins INC Air Transport Systems
- Rockwell Collins INC Aircraft Certification Cent
- Rockwell Collins INC Government Systems
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 Cedar Rapids 117 aircraft · 88 piston singles, 11 business jets, 9 balloons
- Buzzards Glory Balloon CO LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Cassill Aircraft Leasing INC 4 aircraft in town
- Rockwell Collins Leasing LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Jet There LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Jet There LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Executive Aero Flight Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Cloud 9 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Yankee Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Rockwell Collins INC · repair station
- Rockwell Collins INC Air Transport Systems · repair station
- Rockwell Collins INC Aircraft Certification Cent · repair station
- Rockwell Collins INC Government Systems · repair station
- 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 4,506 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IA72.json.
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 27, 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.