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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Sheldon Regional (12 nm northwest), Spencer Municipal (19 nm east), Cherokee County Regional (22 nm south), Sioux County Regional (24 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Paullina Municipal (6 nm south), Sheldon Regional (12 nm northwest), Sibley Municipal (18 nm north), Spencer Municipal (19 nm east).
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 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
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 Primghar 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- 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 4,509 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IA96.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.