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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Middle Peninsula Regional (17 nm southwest), Tappahannock/Essex County (25 nm northwest), Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (28 nm southwest), Newport News/Williamsburg International (31 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hummel Field (3 nm south), Middle Peninsula Regional (17 nm southwest), Tappahannock/Essex County (25 nm northwest), Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport (28 nm southwest).
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 Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR only, clear 8:1 engress/egress, vehicular traffic controlled, appropriate ingress/egress markings.
- Dianne Nichols
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in White Stone 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,975 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VA53.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.