Sheriff Department Heliport
TA04 · Waco, Texas · Mc Lennan County · map
Sheriff Department Heliport is a private heliport owned by Mc Lellan County Sheriff Dept in Waco, Texas, 385 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of grass.
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 TA04
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Mc Lellan County Sheriff Dept
- Elevation
- 385 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1988
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Grass |
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: Tstc Waco Airport (5 nm north), Waco Regional (9 nm northwest), MC Gregor Executive (13 nm west), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (29 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tstc Waco Airport (5 nm north), Waco Regional (9 nm northwest), MC Gregor Executive (13 nm west), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (29 nm southwest).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided helicopter operations conducted daytime VFR weather conditions; remains PRIVATE-USE; and a wind indicator is placed near heliport but away from approach/departure routes.
- Within a 200' an X 200' landing/takeoff area.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Waco from the FAA register
151 aircraft are registered to owners in Waco, Texas: 108 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops, 10 piston twins, 7 helicopters. 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 Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Waco, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Waco Safe Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Robinson, 7 miles away
- Texas State Technical College 23 aircraft · Waco, 10 miles away Texas State Technical College is a technical college with 11 campuses across Texas, including locations in Waco, Abilene, and Harlingen.
- Ccb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Waco, 10 miles away American Flyers is a flight school that has operated since 1939, offering pilot training programmes from introductory flights through airline academy preparation.
Repair stations in Waco:
- Air Impressions INC Air Impressions, Inc.
- Ellison Avionics Services, LLC Ellison Avionics Services is a repair station specializing in bench repair of avionics units for general aviation aircraft.
- Freeflight Acquisition Corporation FreeFlight Systems designs and manufactures certified avionics systems including radar altimeters, ADS-B systems, and GNSS receivers for commercial, military, rotorcraft, and urban air mobility aircraft.
- L3 Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P.
- Level 5 Aerospace LLC Level 5 is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station providing maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for commercial, corporate, and military aircraft.
- Marathonnorco Aerospace INC Marathon Norco Aerospace manufactures aircraft batteries, battery chargers, and mechanical products for commercial and military aviation.
- Ram Aircraft, Limited Partnership
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Waco 151 aircraft · 108 piston singles, 11 business jets, 10 turboprops
- Texas State Technical College 25 aircraft in town
- Rio Brazos Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Ram Aero Development INC 2 aircraft in town
- Hemisphere Aerospace Investments LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Christian Medical Mission Aviation Support INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Waco Safe Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Texas State Technical College 23 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Ccb Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Air Impressions INC · repair station
- Ellison Avionics Services, LLC · repair station
- Freeflight Acquisition Corporation · repair station
- L3 Harris Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,063 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TA04.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 November 9, 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.
