Memorial Hospital Heliport
IL50 · Carthage, Illinois · Hancock County · map
Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Memorial Hospital, 2 miles east of Carthage, Illinois, 653 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 44 by 44 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IL50
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Memorial Hospital
- Elevation
- 653 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- October 2009
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 44 × 44 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Carthage from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Carthage, Illinois: 7 piston singles, 3 drones. 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 Illinois.
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 VFR operations and pvt use only; ingress/egress maintain obstruction free; all approach/departure rte operations conducted in an area from 175/185 degrees clkws to 355/005 degrees and from 305/315 degrees clkws to 125/135 degrees using the touchdown pad as the cntr of a compass rose; takeoff/landing area marked; NON-OBSTNG wind indicator maintained.
- 15 feet road 228 feet north of pad and 28 feet power line 455 feet southeast of pad.
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.