Socorro General Hospital Heliport
NM35 · Socorro, New Mexico · Socorro County · map
Socorro General Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Socorro General Hospital, 2 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, 4,803 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 38 by 38 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NM35
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Socorro General Hospital
- Elevation
- 4,803 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Albuquerque sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1989
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 38 × 38 ft | Concrete | Non-standard lights |
Aircraft registered in Socorro from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Socorro, New Mexico: 8 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 New Mexico.
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
- Based on conflict west/aircraft operating in airspace required for Socorro municipal airport traffic pattern and aircraft executing NDB runway 15 iap to the municipal airport and helicopters operating at this heliport.
- Medical.
- Landing lights automatic.
- 15 green landing lights surrounding 4 sides of pad. 15 green landing lights surrounding pad within 30 foot distance.
- 102' rdo tower northeast; 150' rdo tower north; and building 100' north of pad.
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.