Cherokee Indian Hospital Heliport
NR01 · Cherokee, North Carolina · Swain County · map
Cherokee Indian Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority, 1 mile northwest of Cherokee, North Carolina, 2,158 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NR01
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority
- Elevation
- 2,158 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2024
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Aircraft registered in Cherokee from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Cherokee, North Carolina: 2 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Fato length an X fato width 88 feet an X 88 feet. Safety area length an X safety area width 110 feet an X 110 feet. Primary ingress 310 an X primary egress 130.
- Trrn rises at rpdly 60 feet northwest through north. Avg tree height 100+ feet.
- 100 feet trees WI 60 feet of hlp bgnng at brg 170 clkws 315.
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.