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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card 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 |
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: Alexandria International (6 nm west), Esler Regional (8 nm east), Jonesville Airport (35 nm northeast), Allen Parish Airport (38 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pineville Municipal (1 nm southwest), Alexandria International (6 nm west), Esler Regional (8 nm east), Marksville Municipal (24 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 Louisiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Louisiana.
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:
- Flightline Air Service LLC 4 aircraft · Pineville, 1 mile away Flightline Air Service is a fixed base operator at Pineville Municipal Airport in Louisiana.
- Tracemont Flyers LLC 3 aircraft · Boyce, 14 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 · 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 Alexandria 46 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Flightline Air Service LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Tracemont Flyers LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Louisiana 1,272 since 1982 · 188 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Louisiana 72 landing places
- Louisiana 3,735 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LA82.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.