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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
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: Keokuk Municipal (15 nm west), Macomb Municipal (22 nm east), Southeast Iowa Regional (23 nm north), Quincy Rgnl-Baldwin Field (28 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Keokuk Municipal (15 nm west), Fort Madison Municipal (18 nm northwest), Macomb Municipal (22 nm east), Southeast Iowa Regional (23 nm north).
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 Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Illinois.
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 Carthage 10 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 3 drones
- Rfto LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 250 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,055 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IL50.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 30, 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.