UT Health East Texas Athens Hospital Heliport
TX17 · Athens, Texas · Henderson County · map
UT Health East Texas Athens Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Athens Hospital, LLC., 3 miles south of Athens, Texas, 503 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TX17
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Athens Hospital, LLC.
- Elevation
- 503 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2005
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 120 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
| H2 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Athens from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Athens, Texas: 17 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 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.
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
- See airspace ltr dated 9/28/04.
- Medical.
- 25 feet light pole 100 feet East and 20 feet trees 250 feet southwest of helipad.
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.