Melrose Hospital Heliport
MN78 · Melrose, Minnesota · Stearns County · map
Melrose Hospital Heliport is a private heliport, 1 mile west of Melrose, Minnesota, 1,212 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of concrete.
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 MN78
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,212 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2017
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Concrete |
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 Rgnl/Chandler Field (26 nm northwest), St. Cloud Sky Central Airport (33 nm east), Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field (36 nm south), Benson Municipal (40 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Sauk Centre Municipal (5 nm west), Todd Field (13 nm north), Brooten Muni/John O Bohmer Field (16 nm southwest), Paynesville Municipal (19 nm south).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Melrose from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Melrose, Minnesota: 5 piston singles. 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 Minnesota.
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 Melrose 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- 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 6,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MN78.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 30, 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.