Nichols Heliport
VA53 · White Stone, Virginia · Lancaster County · map
Nichols Heliport is a private heliport owned by David B Nichols Trust, 2 miles southwest of White Stone, Virginia, 22 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 150 by 150 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VA53
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- David B Nichols Trust
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1999
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 150 × 150 ft | Gravel |
Aircraft registered in White Stone from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in White Stone, Virginia: 3 piston singles. 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 Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR only, clear 8:1 engress/egress, vehicular traffic controlled, appropriate ingress/egress markings.
- Dianne Nichols
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.