Veterans Memorial Hospital Heliport
IA80 · Waukon, Iowa · Allamakee County · map
Veterans Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Waukon in Waukon, Iowa, 1,258 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 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 IA80
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- City of Waukon
- Elevation
- 1,258 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2022
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, fair |
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: Decorah Municipal (12 nm west), Prairie DU Chien Municipal (21 nm southeast), George L Scott Municipal (22 nm southwest), LA Crosse Regional (38 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Waukon Municipal (1 nm north), Decorah Municipal (12 nm west), Houston County (20 nm north), Prairie DU Chien 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
- Facilities director
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Waukon from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Waukon, Iowa: 6 piston singles, 5 drones. 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:
- Alamakee Flyers 1 aircraft · Waukon, 1 mile away
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Waukon 11 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 5 drones
- Waukon Feed Ranch 2 aircraft in town
- Hawes AG LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Alamakee Flyers 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/IA80.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.