University Medical Center Heliport
TA79 · Lubbock, Texas · Lubbock County · map
University Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by the University Medical Center, 3 miles north of Lubbock, Texas, 3,232 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TA79
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- University Medical Center
- Elevation
- 3,232 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1989
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
| H2 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 131.5 |
Aircraft registered in Lubbock from the FAA register
272 aircraft are registered to owners in Lubbock, Texas: 194 piston singles, 21 turboprops, 17 piston twins, 14 business jets, 13 drones. 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
- Mark funderburk - ceo president
- Fato 69 feet an X 69 feet.
- Fato 69 feet an X 69 feet.
- 90 feet building 600 feet and 108 feet building 300 feet ssw; 4043 feet tower 2900 feet south; and 29 feet building 970 feet northeast of landing area.
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.