Rice Medical Center Heliport
TA39 · Eagle Lake, Texas · Colorado County · map
Rice Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Rice Medical Center, 2 miles northeast of Eagle Lake, Texas, 174 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TA39
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Rice Medical Center
- Elevation
- 174 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1979
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Eagle Lake from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Eagle Lake, Texas: 4 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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
- VFR operations only.
- Medical
- 40'X40' concrete TD pad WI 65'X65' concrete landing area.
- And flood lights.
- 24' lighted power line 112' northwest; 34' marked power lines 255' northwest and parl to so austin road; 24' power lines 65' south; 175' ant 20' northeast; 60' ant 245' southeast of landing pad.
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.