Salem Memorial Hospital Heliport
MO40 · Salem, Missouri · Dent County · map
Salem Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Salem Meml District Hospital, 2 miles northwest of Salem, Missouri, 1,170 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MO40
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Salem Meml District Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,170 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1973
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway H1: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Salem from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Missouri: 7 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Missouri.
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
- Four 500 watt quartz flood lights.
- Ext: 4510
- Pad inset lights, perimeter lights and landing direction lights.
- Approach from southeast: 32' trees 310' from pad 25' L - approach ratio 9:1; approach from northeast: +45' trees 880' B, approach ratio 19:1.
- Military landing rights.
- Caution:heights and distances of objects are approx measurements.
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.