Saint Elizabeth Medical Center-Peru Heliport
IS49 · Peru, Illinois · La Salle County · map
Saint Elizabeth Medical Center-Peru Heliport is a private heliport in Peru, Illinois, 600 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 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 IS49
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 600 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1989
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Flood 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: Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (2 nm northwest), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (32 nm east), Pontiac Municipal (33 nm southeast), Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field (34 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Illinois Valley Rgnl-Walter A Duncan Field (2 nm northwest), Marshall County (22 nm southwest), Morris Muni/James R Washburn Field (32 nm east), Pontiac Municipal (33 nm southeast).
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 app/departure from 040 to 250; area is marked; wind indicator is maintained; night operations only if area and windsock are lighted and beacon is installed.
- 24 hours
- Medical use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Peru from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Peru, Illinois: 10 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 gyroplane. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Illinois Valley Flying Club 3 aircraft · Peru, 2 miles away Illinois Valley Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Illinois Valley Regional Airport (KVYS) in Peru, Illinois.
- Starved Rock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Peru, 2 miles away
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Peru 15 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprops
- Tbm Avenger INC 2 aircraft in town
- Midwest Avtech INC 2 aircraft in town
- Leone Grain and Supply INC 2 aircraft in town
- Illinois Valley Flying Club 2 aircraft in town
- Illinois Valley Flying Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Starved Rock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/IS49.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.