U S Heliport
N46 · Wingate, North Carolina · Union County · map
U S Heliport is a public-use heliport owned by the US Helicopters INC, 3 miles north of Wingate, North Carolina, 590 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 100 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N46
- Kind
- Heliport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- US Helicopters INC
- Elevation
- 590 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1989
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway H1: fence 6 ft high 60 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Wingate from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Wingate, North Carolina: 3 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR use.
- Nmrs unmkd obstructions in all quadrants: trees and power lines.
- Helicopters with gross weight over 10000 pounds use grass west of concrete pad but within fenced area.
- Pad has 6 feet perimeter fence as close as 35 feet from south and west ends of pad.
- Unmkd pwr lns North and south of pad; unmkd hangar with ant and marked pwr LN east of pad.
- Takeoff and landing in all quadrants into prevailing wind.
- Concrete pads for parking only.
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.