Defense Supply Center Richmond Heliport
VG17 · Richmond, Virginia · Chesterfield County · map
Defense Supply Center Richmond Heliport is a private heliport owned by the U.S. Army, 10 miles north of Richmond, Virginia, 115 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 98 by 98 feet of asphalt.
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 VG17
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- U.S. Army
- Elevation
- 115 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2000
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 98 × 98 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
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: Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County (4 nm west), Richmond International (8 nm northeast), Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County (15 nm south), Hanover County Municipal (17 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County (4 nm west), Richmond International (8 nm northeast), Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County (15 nm south), New Kent County (16 nm east).
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 accurate ingress/egress route, clear 8:1 slope, appropriate ingress/egress markings, lighted windsock for night operations, control vehicular traffic durg helicopter operations, red obstruction light fence at south edge of pad.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Richmond from the FAA register
140 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Virginia: 83 piston singles, 19 business jets, 15 helicopters, 12 piston twins, 6 turboprops. 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 Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wing Nuts Flying Club LTD 1 aircraft · North Chesterfield, 2 miles away Wing Nuts Flying Club is a flying club located at Richmond Executive Airport in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
- Air Tech Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Chesterfield, 8 miles away
- Bantle Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · North Chesterfield, 8 miles away RVA Flyers is a flight school located in Richmond, Virginia that provides pilot training programs including Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Drone License certifications.
- Airtime Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Richmond, 9 miles away
- Avf Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Richmond, 9 miles away
- Rva Flyers Fleet LLC 1 aircraft · Richmond, 9 miles away RVA Flyers is a flight school located in Richmond, Virginia that provides pilot training programs including Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Drone License certifications.
Charter operators and airlines based in Richmond:
- Heloair, Inc. 7 aircraft on the certificate
- Dominion Aviation Services, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Commonwealth Aviation Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Richmond:
- Aero Industries INC
- Commonwealth Aviation Service INC Million Air Richmond is a fixed base operator and charter flight service provider in Richmond, Virginia.
- Dominion Aviation Services, LLC Vantage Aviation is a fully integrated business aviation firm operating multiple fixed-base operators (FBOs) and maintenance facilities across North America.
- Martinair INC
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Richmond 140 aircraft · 83 piston singles, 19 business jets, 15 helicopters
- Mid-Atlantic Air Ventures INC 16 aircraft in town
- First Eclipse LTD 8 aircraft in town
- First Eclipse Limited 4 aircraft in town
- Commonwealth of Virginia 4 aircraft in town
- Heloair, Inc. 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Dominion Aviation Services, LLC 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Commonwealth Aviation Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wing Nuts Flying Club LTD 1 aircraft · flying club
- Air Tech Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Bantle Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aero Industries INC · repair station
- Commonwealth Aviation Service INC · repair station
- Dominion Aviation Services, LLC · repair station
- Martinair INC · repair station
- 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 5,974 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VG17.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 26, 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.
