Airports · South Carolina · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Medical University Of South Carolina Heliport

SC71 · Charleston, South Carolina · Charleston County · map

Medical University Of South Carolina Heliport is a private heliport owned by Medical University of Sc - Meducare in Charleston, South Carolina, 62 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 44 by 44 feet of deck.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA SC71
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner: Medical University of Sc - Meducare
Elevation: 62 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: around the clock
Lights: runway lights see the remarks below
On the chart: Charlotte sectional
Magnetic variation: 8W
In the FAA's files since: September 1987

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	44 × 44 ft	Deck	Perimeter lights

Radio frequencies

UNICOM

123.05

Aircraft registered in Charleston from the FAA register

94 aircraft are registered to owners in Charleston, South Carolina: 74 piston singles, 7 business jets, 5 turboprops, 5 piston twins, 2 drones. 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:

Major Air LLC 5 Itm Aircraft LLC 3Zephair Aviation LLC 2Charleston Flying Club LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in South 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

Charleston Executive JZI · 6 nm southwest Charleston Afb/Intl Airport CHS · 8 nm northwest Mount Pleasant Rgnl-Faison Field LRO · 11 nm northeast Summerville Airport DYB · 23 nm northwest Berkeley County MKS · 24 nm north Musc Shawn Jenkins Childrens Hospital Heliport SC80 · 0 nm south · private Daniel Island Heliport SC52 · 5 nm northeast · private East Cooper Medical Center Heliport 20SC · 6 nm northeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided VFR/pvt use.
Medical.
Power lines (marked) surround helipad.

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.