East Jefferson General Hospital Heliport
LS85 · Metairie, Louisiana · Jefferson County · map
East Jefferson General Hospital Heliport is a private heliport in Metairie, Louisiana, 37 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 75 by 75 feet of asphalt.
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 LS85
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 37 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 75 × 75 ft | Asphalt | 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: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (4 nm west), Lakefront Airport (8 nm east), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (21 nm west), Slidell Airport (27 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (4 nm west), Lakefront Airport (8 nm east), Port Of South Louisiana Executive Regional (21 nm west), Slidell Airport (27 nm northeast).
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
- Provided helicopter constructed/marked iaw AC 150/5390-1;no vehicular traffic allowed on ramp adjacent to south side durg operations;a 50'X150' mnvr zone is maintenance;a lighted windsock is maintenance;a sign is placed warning of helicopter operations;ingress/egress according to sketch provided when below 500' above ground level;and arrival helicopter maintenance com west/hosp aft air traffic control clnc.
- 24 hours
- Medical.
- Weight limitation 40,000 pounds./ 20 tons
- +85 feet lighted building 85 feet north of helipad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Metairie from the FAA register
150 aircraft are registered to owners in Metairie, Louisiana: 124 piston singles, 12 business jets, 10 piston twins, 2 gliders, 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, 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
Fuel and service companies in Metairie, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Boos Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Metairie, 1 mile away
- Jpl Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Metairie, 1 mile away
- New Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Metairie, 1 mile away
- Pelican Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Metairie, 1 mile away
- Learn To Fly Nola LLC 1 aircraft · New Orleans, 5 miles away Learn To Fly New Orleans is a flight school based at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (KNEW) offering Part 61 flight training for private pilot, instrument rating, and commercial pilot certificates.
- New Orleans Aerial Tours & Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · New Orleans, 5 miles away New Orleans Aerial Tours & Flight Training operates aerial sightseeing tours and discovery flights (introductory flight instruction) in the New Orleans area.
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 Metairie 150 aircraft · 124 piston singles, 12 business jets, 10 piston twins
- Ab Prop Plane II LLC 57 aircraft in town
- Ab Prop Plane I LLC 39 aircraft in town
- N8138L LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gray & CO INC 2 aircraft in town
- Trustgroup Aircraft Hangar Sales LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Boos Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Jpl Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- New Flyers LLC 1 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 3,733 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LS85.json.
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 27, 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.