Penn'S Landing Heliport
P72 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia County · map
Penn'S Landing Heliport is a public-use heliport owned by Philadelphia Port Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 68 by 68 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA P72
- Kind
- Heliport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Philadelphia Port Corporation
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1985
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 68 × 68 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway H1: non-standard approach lights
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Philadelphia from the FAA register
152 aircraft are registered to owners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 71 piston singles, 42 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 10 business jets, 6 turboprops. 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Determination pending.
- Activate perimeter lights - 123.025.
- Green lights on east and south sides only.
- Lighted building 660 feet north of pad.
- Runway H1 shallow surface depressions.
- H1 ingress 230/310 degreess, egress 050/130 degreess.
- Lighted building 660 feet 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.