St. Tammany Parish Hospital Heliport
LA24 · Covington, Louisiana · St Tammany County · map
St. Tammany Parish Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by St Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington, Louisiana, 18 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LA24
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- St Tammany Parish Hospital
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2000
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Covington from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Covington, Louisiana: 37 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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 Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 3 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
- Medical.
- 97 feet trees 268 feet southwest; 75 feet ant 650 feet north and 105 feet trees 60 feet east and southeast of helipad.
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.