Formosa Plastics Heliport
TS51 · Point Comfort, Texas · Calhoun County · map
Formosa Plastics Heliport is a private heliport owned by Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas, 1 mile northeast of Point Comfort, Texas, 24 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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TS51
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:45 am to 4:45 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2016
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
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: Calhoun County (7 nm west), Victoria Regional (22 nm northwest), Bay City Regional (40 nm northeast), Wharton Regional (40 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Calhoun County (7 nm west), Jackson County (19 nm north), Victoria Regional (22 nm northwest), Bay City Regional (40 nm northeast).
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
- Be advised of nmrs 300' to 400' towers to north and northeast. Proponent agrees to measure approach and departure slopes to the northwest to avoid structures. Correct lgtng and mkngs on the pad and obstruction in accordance with the AC. allow a final safety inspection upon completion of improvements.
- Pedestrian traffic to helicopter by way of sidewalk for emergency responders use only.
- Pwr lines parl to approach and departure path on west side. Pwr poles are marked with red obs lights and lines are marked with red mkr balls.
- Helicopter compatible with night vision.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Point Comfort from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Point Comfort, TX 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:
- Gateway Flight Center LLC 3 aircraft · Port Lavaca, 8 miles away Gateway Flight Center is a flight school and FBO at Calhoun County Airport in Port Lavaca, Texas.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Gateway Flight Center LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,940 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TS51.json.
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.