Woodward State Hospital Heliport
IA89 · Woodward, Iowa · Boone County · map
Woodward State Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Woodward State Hosp-School, 1 mile north of Woodward, Iowa, 1,060 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 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 IA89
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Woodward State Hosp-School
- Elevation
- 1,060 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1980
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete |
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: Perry Municipal (11 nm west), Boone Municipal (11 nm north), Ames Municipal (15 nm northeast), Ankeny Regional (19 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Perry Municipal (11 nm west), Boone Municipal (11 nm north), Ames Municipal (15 nm northeast), Ankeny Regional (19 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
- Provided that approach/departure paths to the landing area are maintained for a minimum 8:1 glide slope. That the transitional surface be maintained for a minimum 2:1 slope.
- Medical.
- Ext 210.
- Ext 121.
- Stnd heliport markings.
- 198-FOOT smoke stack 1200 feet northeast; 112-FOOT water towers 1200 feet northeast; 40-FOOT building 100 feet northwest; and 35-FOOT tree 200 feet southwest.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Woodward from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Woodward, Iowa: 1 piston single, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
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:
- Blue Sky Flying Club LLC 3 aircraft · Granger, 9 miles away Blue Skies Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) in Auburn, Washington.
- Solar Flying Club 1 aircraft · Grimes, 15 miles away Solar Flying Club is a non-profit, equity ownership flying club based at Ankeny Regional Airport in Ankeny, Iowa.
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 Woodward 2 aircraft · 1 piston singles, 1 balloons
- Blue Sky Flying Club LLC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Solar Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/IA89.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.