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 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in South Dakota.
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 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.
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.