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Airports · Illinois · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Tinley Park Helistop

TF8 · Chicago/Tinley Park, Illinois · Cook County · map

Tinley Park Helistop is a public-use heliport owned by the Village of Tinley Park, 20 miles ssw of Chicago/Tinley Park, Illinois, 760 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of asphalt.

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What is the airport code for Tinley Park Helistop?

Its FAA code is TF8.

Where is Tinley Park Helistop?

It is 20 miles ssw of Chicago/Tinley Park, Illinois, 760 feet above sea level.

Does Tinley Park Helistop have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Are there flight schools at Tinley Park Helistop?

3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including G A W Flying Club CORP and Redhawk Flyers. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tinley Park Helistop?

21 pilot examiners and 31 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

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The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA TF8
Kind
Heliport · open to the public · publicly owned
Owner
Village of Tinley Park
Elevation
760 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights sunset to sunrise
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Chicago sectional
Magnetic variation
2W
In the FAA's files since
February 1999

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

H1N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

PadLength × widthSurfaceLights
H140 × 40 ftAsphalt, goodPerimeter lights

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Parking
tie-downs

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bult Field (12 nm southeast), Lansing Municipal (13 nm east), Lewis University Airport (13 nm west), Chicago Midway International (14 nm north).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bult Field (12 nm southeast), Lansing Municipal (13 nm east), Lewis University Airport (13 nm west), Chicago Midway International (14 nm north).

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 Illinois · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • 32 feet unlit power lines 95 feet south; 40 feet building 120 feet northwest; and 33 feet lighted poles 293 feet west; 90 feet lighted tower 250 feet northwest of pad.
  • 60 feet by 60 feet helicopter parking pad located 75 feet north of landing pad.
  • Ingress/egress routes are 090 degreess and 270 degreess.
  • +31 feet trees 190 feet east of fato and 100' north of approach centerline resulting in 5:1 approach clnc to the east

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Chicago/Tinley Park from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Tinley Park, IL as the owner's town.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • G A W Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Palos Heights, 7 miles away LGE Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based in Palos Heights, Illinois, where members share ownership of aircraft.
  • Redhawk Flyers 1 aircraft · Palos Park, 8 miles away
  • R P M Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · South Holland, 11 miles away RPM Flying Club Inc is a flying club based at Lansing Municipal Airport in South Holland, Illinois.

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.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

21 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 17 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 20 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.

All 76 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

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.

Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register

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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 27, 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.