Tusquitee Heliport
NC53 · Murphy, North Carolina · Cherokee County · map
Tusquitee Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Forest Service, 1 mile southeast of Murphy, North Carolina, 1,528 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 150 by 150 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NC53
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service
- Elevation
- 1,528 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1975
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 150 × 150 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Murphy from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Murphy, North Carolina: 21 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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
- VFR, pvt 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.