Lonesome Pine Hospital Heliport
VG50 · Big Stone Gap, Virginia · Wise County · map
Lonesome Pine Hospital Heliport is a private heliport in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 1,596 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VG50
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,596 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2002
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete |
Aircraft registered in Big Stone Gap from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Big Stone Gap, Virginia: 3 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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 8:1 ingress/egress with appropriate markings, lighted windsock for night operations, control vehicular traffic, VFR only.
- Medical use.
- Runway H1 5 feet lighted building 145 feet north.
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.
