VA Medical Center Heliport
LA82 · Alexandria, Louisiana · Rapides County · map
VA Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by the Department of Veteran Affair, 2 miles northwest of Alexandria, Louisiana, 150 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LA82
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Department of Veteran Affair
- Elevation
- 150 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1994
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Alexandria from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Alexandria, Louisiana: 38 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
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
- Medical use.
- Ext 2488 for questions about helipad
- Ext 2488 for questions about helipad
- 125 feet marked/lighted rdo tower 200 feet ssw; building 7-75 feet north of helipad with nearest corner 32 feet high; building 46-140 feet east; building 45-250 feet south of helipad elev 26 feet.
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.