Rapides Rmc Hospital Heliport
LS27 · Alexandria, Louisiana · Rapides County · map
Rapides Rmc Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Rapides Regional Medical Center, 1 mile northeast of Alexandria, Louisiana, 125 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.
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 LS27
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Rapides Regional Medical Center
- Elevation
- 125 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1987
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | 65 × 65 ft | Rooftop | Perimeter lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.05 |
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 (5 nm west), Esler Regional (9 nm northeast), Allen Parish Airport (36 nm south), Jonesville Airport (36 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Pineville Municipal (2 nm north), Alexandria International (5 nm west), Esler Regional (9 nm northeast), Bunkie 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.
- Rooftop.
- Lighted wind sock on top of helipad elevator shaft.
- Walkway lighting and lighting on top of elevator shaft.
- 195 feet ant 500 feet south, 250 feet power line 1300 feet north, and 240 feet chimney 900 feet west of helipad.
- Aluminum deck.
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, 2 miles 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
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 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
- 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/LS27.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 28, 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.