Methodist Hospital Alkek Heliport
TX86 · Houston, Texas · Harris County · map
Methodist Hospital Alkek Heliport is a private heliport in Houston, Texas, 181 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TX86
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 181 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.05 |
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
1,185 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Texas: 618 piston singles, 269 business jets, 77 piston twins, 73 turboprops, 73 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). 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, spelled out
- Medical
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Houston 1,185 aircraft · 618 piston singles, 269 business jets, 77 piston twins
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 41 aircraft in town
- Comanche Warbirds INC 19 aircraft in town
- Lone Star Flight Museum 17 aircraft in town
- Comanche Maverick Air LLC 16 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,858 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TX86.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 8, 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.