Minidoka Memorial Hospital Heliport
ID53 · Rupert, Idaho · Minidoka County · map
Minidoka Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Minidoka County Hospital, 1 mile west of Rupert, Idaho, 4,156 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 22 by 26 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 ID53
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Minidoka County Hospital
- Elevation
- 4,156 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1986
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 22 × 26 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
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: Burley Municipal (6 nm southwest), Jerome County (35 nm west), Joslin Fld/Magic Valley Regional (36 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Burley Municipal (6 nm southwest), Jerome County (35 nm west), Joslin Fld/Magic Valley Regional (36 nm west), Savage Field (39 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 Idaho · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Medical use.
- Power line west and south of helipad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rupert from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Rupert, Idaho: 8 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 helicopters. 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 Idaho.
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.
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rupert 15 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 5 drones, 2 helicopters
- Jentzsch-Kearl Farms 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Idaho 1,535 since 1982 · 288 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Idaho 129 landing places
- Idaho 4,199 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ID53.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 November 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.