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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Macon County (16 nm south), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (25 nm northwest), Western Carolina Regional (32 nm southwest), Asheville Regional (38 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Jackson County (11 nm southeast), Macon County (16 nm south), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (25 nm northwest), Western Carolina Regional (32 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cherokee 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NR01.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.