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

Dmme Heliport

VA51 · Big Stone Gap, Virginia · Wise County · map

Dmme Heliport is a private heliport owned by Dept of Mines Minerals & Energy, 1 mile southwest of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1,950 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 70 by 60 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA VA51
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner: Dept of Mines Minerals & Energy
Elevation: 1,950 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
On the chart: Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation: 4W
In the FAA's files since: April 1993

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	70 × 60 ft	Grass, fair

Aircraft registered in Big Stone Gap from the FAA register

6 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Stone Gap, Virginia: 3 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.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Tuck Aerial Surveys INC 3

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Lonesome Pine Airport LNP · 14 nm northeast Hawkins County RVN · 25 nm south Lee County 0VG · 25 nm southwest Tri-Cities Airport TRI · 28 nm southeast Tucker-Guthrie Memorial I35 · 29 nm west Lonesome Pine Hospital Heliport VG50 · 1 nm north · private Norton Community Hospital Heliport 75VA · 7 nm northeast · private Arh Tri City Clinic Heliport 1KY9 · 14 nm northwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided daylight use only; tree in heliport vicinity is removed and barrier shrubs are planted; limited to helicopters weighing 20000 pounds or less.
30 feet pole 100 feet and 75 feet building 300 feet north.

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.