Carilion Patient Transportation Services Heliport
VG47 · Roanoke, Virginia · Roanoke County · map
Carilion Patient Transportation Services Heliport is a private heliport in Roanoke, Virginia, 946 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 70 feet of concrete.
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 VG47
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 946 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1982
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 70 ft | Concrete |
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: Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (5 nm north), Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (22 nm west), New River Valley Airport (36 nm west), Lynchburg Rgnl/Preston Glenn Field (36 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (5 nm north), Smith Mountain Lake Airport (19 nm southeast), Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (22 nm west), New River Valley Airport (36 nm west).
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
- Restricted to medical emergencies; operational procedures coord with roa air traffic control.
- Medical use.
- (A52) two TV towers and numerous light poles within one mile of heliport.
- This gnd pad located 1/4 NM from rooftop pad at Carilion Roanoke mem hosp.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Roanoke from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Roanoke, Virginia: 51 piston singles, 5 business jets, 4 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. 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:
- Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC 1 aircraft · Roanoke, 5 miles away
- Roanoke Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · Roanoke, 5 miles away
- Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Hardy, 10 miles away
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 Roanoke 65 aircraft · 51 piston singles, 5 business jets, 4 piston twins
- Peak Investments LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Mission Air Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Acorn Flying Club of Roanoke LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Roanoke Valley Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Smith Mountain Lake Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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 5,973 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VG47.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 27, 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.