Airports · Iowa · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Virginia Gay Hospital Heliport

IA78 · Vinton, Iowa · Benton County · map

Virginia Gay Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa, 245 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 59 by 59 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA IA78
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Virginia Gay Hospital
Elevation: 245 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

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	59 × 59 ft	Concrete	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Vinton from the FAA register

16 aircraft are registered to owners in Vinton, Iowa: 14 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. 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:

Noe Aviation LLC 3

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

Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark VTI · 3 nm north James H Connell Field AT Independence Municipal IIB · 17 nm north Traer Municipal 8C6 · 20 nm west Belle Plaine Municipal TZT · 22 nm southwest The Eastern Iowa Airport CID · 22 nm southeast Marion Airport C17 · 23 nm east Amana Airport C11 · 24 nm south Toledo Municipal 8C5 · 26 nm southwest

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided clear approach/departure paths for a 8:1 glide slope and transitional surface for a 2:1 slope are maintainted.
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.