Highlands - Cashiers Hospital Heliport
NR03 · Highlands, North Carolina · Macon County · map
Highlands - Cashiers Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Highlands - Cashiers Hospital, 2 miles north of Highlands, North Carolina, 3,977 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NR03
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Highlands - Cashiers Hospital
- Elevation
- 3,977 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2011
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Aircraft registered in Highlands from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Highlands, North Carolina: 9 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 business jet. 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
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Tlof 40 feet an X 40 feet; fato 69 feet an X 69 feet; safety area 92 feet an X 92 feet. Ingress hdg 056 degreess; egress hdg 144 degreess.
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.