Bedford Hospital Heliport
TN15 · Shelbyville, Tennessee · Bedford County · map
Bedford Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, 1 mile northwest of Shelbyville, Tennessee, 820 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 60 by 60 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TN15
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital
- Elevation
- 820 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1988
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Aircraft registered in Shelbyville from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Shelbyville, Tennessee: 46 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 2 balloons, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
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 FR/pvt use; portable fire extinguisher provided; procedure is estabd west/local fire dept to include fire suppressant chemicals; boundary fence between parking lost and helipad area extdd.
- Trees under 360 degreess departure route north of pad; red obstruction light on ambulance building antenna.
- Approach or departure north and northeast NA.
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.