Upmc Northwest Heliport
PN76 · Seneca, Pennsylvania · Venango County · map
Upmc Northwest Heliport is a private heliport owned by U of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 1 mile south of Seneca, Pennsylvania, 1,415 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PN76
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- U of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Elevation
- 1,415 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2006
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete, fair | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Approach and departure | 126.25 | |
| Dubois and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.725 | |
| Departure procedure (HIRIP) | 133.95 |
Aircraft registered in Seneca from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Seneca, Pennsylvania: 2 piston twins, 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.
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
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 a clear 8:1 ingress/egress; all operations in compliance west/far 77.29(B); operate in a manner to minimize noise; vehicular traffic around site controlled; if nightime operations, a lighted windsock installed and perimeter boundary of helipad protected from the public.
- 41 feet power line 4200 feet south of helicopter.
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.
