Mercy Hospital Medical Center Private Heliport
IA82 · Des Moines, Iowa · Polk County · map
Mercy Hospital Medical Center Private Heliport is a private heliport owned by Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, 933 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA82
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mercy Hospital Medical Center
- Elevation
- 933 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1979
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | 60 × 45 ft | Rooftop, good | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Non-standard lights |
Aircraft registered in Des Moines from the FAA register
108 aircraft are registered to owners in Des Moines, Iowa: 70 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 8 balloons, 6 piston twins, 6 business jets. 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
- E111:provided approach/departure paths to landing area are mntnd for a mnm 8:1 glide slope... E111 CON'D: and that the transitional surface be mntnd for a mnm 2:1 slope; light poles located north; west and south sides of heliport are removed.
- Medical.
- Fato 63 feet an X 63 feet
- Omnidirectional yellow lights.
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.