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 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
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Richmond from the FAA register
139 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Virginia: 81 piston singles, 20 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.