Mercy One Primghar Medical Center Heliport
IA96 · Primghar, Iowa · O Brien County · map
Mercy One Primghar Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Baum Harmon Memorial Hospital in Primghar, Iowa, 1,520 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IA96
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Baum Harmon Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,520 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Primghar from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Primghar, Iowa: 1 piston single. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided clear approach/departure paths for an 8:1 glide slope and transitional surface for a 2:1 slope are maintained.
- Medical use.
- 60 feet trees 100 feet south; 60 feet trees 200 feet north; 30 feet building 60 feet east.
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.