Lexington Medical Center Heliport
SC18 · West Columbia, South Carolina · Lexington County · map
Lexington Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Lexington Medical Center, 1 mile west of West Columbia, South Carolina, 340 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 30 by 30 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 SC18
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lexington Medical Center
- Elevation
- 340 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1989
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 30 × 30 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
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: Columbia Metro Airport (4 nm south), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (6 nm east), Fairfield County (19 nm north), Woodward Field (32 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Columbia Metro Airport (4 nm south), Jim Hamilton L B Owens Airport (6 nm east), Lexington County (14 nm southwest), Fairfield County (19 nm north).
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 South Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Medical.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in West Columbia from the FAA register
35 aircraft are registered to owners in West Columbia, South Carolina: 18 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 4 gliders, 3 business jets, 1 turboprop. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · West Columbia, 1 mile away Eagle Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in West Columbia, South Carolina, operating from two locations: Columbia Metropolitan Airport and Jim Hamilton - LB Owens Airport.
Charter operators and airlines based in West Columbia:
- Bankair Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Bankair is a charter operator based in West Columbia, South Carolina, offering jet aircraft for passenger and cargo charter flights to destinations in the Western Hemisphere.
- Columbia Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Columbia Aviation is a family-owned FBO located at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina.
Repair stations in West Columbia:
- Bankair INC Bankair is a charter operator based in West Columbia, South Carolina, offering jet aircraft charter service to passengers and cargo throughout the Western Hemisphere.
- Eagle Aviation Columbia, LLC Eagle Aviation is a full-service aviation company based in West Columbia, South Carolina, operating since 1967.
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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 West Columbia 35 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 7 helicopters, 4 gliders
- Celebrate Freedom Foundation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Celebrate Freedom Foundation 5 aircraft in town
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Stemme USA INC 3 aircraft in town
- Bankair Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Columbia Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Eagle Aviation Columbia LLC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Bankair INC · repair station
- Eagle Aviation Columbia, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in South Carolina 1,035 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Carolina 67 landing places
- South Carolina 3,113 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SC18.json.
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 27, 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.