Airports · Minnesota · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Centracare Health Paynesville Heliport

MN72 · Paynesville, Minnesota · Stearns County · map

Centracare Health Paynesville Heliport is a private heliport in Paynesville, Minnesota, 1,179 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of concrete and grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA MN72
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 1,179 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
In the FAA's files since: October 2015

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	45 × 45 ft	Concrete and grass

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

Aircraft registered in Paynesville from the FAA register

8 aircraft are registered to owners in Paynesville, Minnesota: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Paynesville Municipal PEX · 1 nm west Brooten Muni/John O Bohmer Field 6D1 · 18 nm northwest Litchfield Municipal LJF · 19 nm southeast Sauk Centre Municipal D39 · 22 nm northwest Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field BDH · 23 nm southwest St. Cloud Sky Central Airport STC · 30 nm east Pagel'S Field 67MN · 11 nm south · private Tyler Farms Airport 15MN · 11 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Conditional: all operations are conducted in VFR weater conditions; the landing area is limited to private use; the helicopter operations can be conducted safely from this heliport provided the heliport is maintained in accordance with AC 150/5390-2C and that the following conditions are met: repaint helipad and update with appropriate markings per AC 150/5390-2C and remove pine tree in safety area. Flight standards has found the proposed ingress/egress routes of 330/155 degrees and 235/055 degrees acceptable. The flight procedures office recommends: ingress/egress points east, southeast and southeast of heliport. Any southwest/west egress/ingress would underlie final on all procedures into runway 29 at Paynesville municipal (pex), MN which in.95 NM southwest of the helipad location. Aircraft flying the procedures (RNAVs) will be descending out of 2800' to 1720' abeam final approach to runway 29 thld. Pattern altitudes ingress and egress routes and altitudes should be developed to avoid these areas.
Medical use.

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.