St. Luke Hospital Heliport
MN48 · Duluth, Minnesota · St Louis County · map
St. Luke Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by St. Lukes Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, 902 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 MN48
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- St. Lukes Hospital
- Elevation
- 902 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
- Green Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1991
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H2 | 55 × 55 ft | Rooftop | Perimeter lights |
| H1 | 42 × 42 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: Duluth International (5 nm northwest), Richard I Bong Airport (6 nm south), Cloquet/Carlton County (18 nm west), Richard B Helgeson Airport (21 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sky Harbor Airport (5 nm south), Duluth International (5 nm northwest), Richard I Bong Airport (6 nm south), Cloquet/Carlton County (18 nm west).
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 Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided all approach/departure operations 290-140 degreess; pilots advised of rising terrain 290-040 degreess; takeoff/landing area appropriately marked; wind indicator relctd to 65' south of pad.
- Medical use.
- Use apvd approach and departure paths to the south and southeast to lmt residential noise.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Duluth from the FAA register
584 aircraft are registered to owners in Duluth, Minnesota: 488 piston singles, 85 business jets, 6 helicopters, 4 piston twins, 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 Minnesota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Duluth, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Hangar 10 Aero LLC Hangar 10 Aero is a supplier of parts and materials for Hatz Bantam light sport biplanes, serving aircraft builders.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Ascent Aviation INC 10 aircraft · Duluth, 6 miles away Ascent Aviation is a Part 141 flight school based in Duluth, Minnesota, partnered with Lake Superior College.
- Lake Superior College 3 aircraft · Duluth, 6 miles away Lake Superior College is a public college in Duluth, Minnesota, part of the Minnesota State system.
- Superior Flying Services LLC 5 aircraft · Superior, 7 miles away Superior Flying Services is a flight school and FBO based in Superior, Wisconsin.
Charter operators and airlines based in Duluth:
- Lake Superior Helicopters, LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate Lake Superior Helicopters operates helicopter tours, flight training, and private charter services from Duluth, Minnesota.
Repair stations in Duluth:
- Cirrus Design Corporation
- Global Aviation Tech Services INC Global Aviation Tech Services Inc is an FAA- and EASA-approved repair station specializing in testing, overhauling, and recertifying aircraft interior and exterior lighting system components and electrical/electronic accessories.
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 Duluth 584 aircraft · 488 piston singles, 85 business jets, 6 helicopters
- Cirrus Design CORP 448 aircraft in town
- Ascent Aviation INC 6 aircraft in town
- Lake Superior Helicopters LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Salter 11X LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Hangar 10 Aero LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Lake Superior Helicopters, LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Ascent Aviation INC 10 aircraft · flight school
- Lake Superior College 3 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Superior Flying Services LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Cirrus Design Corporation · repair station
- Global Aviation Tech Services INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MN48.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.
