Gilmore Memorial Hospital Heliport
MS56 · Amory, Mississippi · Monroe County · map
Gilmore Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Monroe Health Services INC. in Amory, Mississippi, 225 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 25 by 25 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MS56
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Monroe Health Services INC.
- Elevation
- 225 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 25 × 25 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Amory from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Amory, Mississippi: 6 piston singles, 1 glider. 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 Mississippi.
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
- Provided lmtd to pvt use; all approach/departure operations conducted in an area from 120 degrees clkws to 190 degrees and from 300 degrees clkws to 015 degrees using touchdown padas center. Takeoff/landing area be appropriately marked. A NON-OBSTRUCTING wind indicator is maintained adjacent to takeoff/landing area.
- Hospital use.
- 16 feet tank 12 feet building 74 feet northeast; 83 feet building 20 feet west; 38 feet tree 103 feet east and 38 feet trees 145 feet east.
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.