Platte Community Memorial Hospital Heliport
SD87 · Platte, South Dakota · Charles Mix County · map
Platte Community Memorial Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Platte Comm Hospital INC in Platte, South Dakota, 1,618 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 120 by 80 feet of asphalt.
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 SD87
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Platte Comm Hospital INC
- Elevation
- 1,618 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1998
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 120 × 80 ft | Asphalt |
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: Gregory Muni/Flynn Field (27 nm west), Chamberlain Municipal (31 nm northwest), Parkston Municipal (37 nm east), Mitchell Municipal (42 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Platte Municipal (1 nm north), Corsica Municipal (19 nm east), Gregory Muni/Flynn Field (27 nm west), Wagner Municipal (30 nm southeast).
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
- Provided approach/departure helicopter operations conducted 010-020 degreess and 160-230 using helipad as cntr; takeoff/landing area appropriately marked and lighted; single wire between light poles on southside be removed or buried; wind indicator maintained adjacent to takeoff/landing area.
- For medical use only.
- 150 feet water tower and antenna 5000 feet northwest and 30 feet powerline 100 feet in all directions.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Platte from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Platte, South Dakota: 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
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 Platte 12 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 piston twins
- 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 2,274 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD87.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 26, 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.