Mercy Regional Medical Center Heliport
LS53 · Ville Platte, Louisiana · Evangeline County · map
Mercy Regional Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Mercy Regional Medical Center in Ville Platte, Louisiana, 75 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 LS53
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Elevation
- 75 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1987
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway H1: power line 36 ft high 60 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Ville Platte from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Ville Platte, Louisiana: 2 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprop. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Medical.
- South - ingress and egress - 5 lights, 5 feet apart for approach line.
- Edge painted with 6 in stripes; red, white, red.
- 36' power line (marked) 60' north of pad.
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.