Monument Health Custer Hospital Heliport
SD86 · Custer, South Dakota · Custer County · map
Monument Health Custer Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Monument Health Custer Hospital in Custer, South Dakota, 5,300 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 20 by 20 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 SD86
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Monument Health Custer Hospital
- Elevation
- 5,300 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2007
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 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: Custer County (3 nm southwest), Rapid City Regional (28 nm northeast), Mondell Field (32 nm west), Sturgis Municipal (40 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Custer County (3 nm southwest), Hot Springs Municipal (26 nm south), Rapid City Regional (28 nm northeast), Mondell Field (32 nm west).
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 Dakota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 45 feet power lines 1000 feet ese of pad.
- X232.
- Non-standard perimeter lights, 2 lights recessed into pad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Custer from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Custer, South Dakota: 22 piston singles, 13 balloons, 6 helicopters, 2 gliders, 1 drone. 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 Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Custer:
- Dakota Rotors, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate Dakota Rotors is a helicopter operator based in Custer, South Dakota, offering charter services for hunting, wilderness access, aerial surveys, construction support, and environmental work.
Repair stations in Custer:
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 Custer 44 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 13 balloons, 6 helicopters
- Flying Circus INC 6 aircraft in town
- Prairie Sky INC 5 aircraft in town
- Dakota Rotors LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Dakota Rotors, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- The Flying Circus Incorporated · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,272 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD86.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.