Sentara Obici Hospital Heliport
VG51 · Elephant Fork, Virginia · Suffolk County · map
Sentara Obici Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Sentara Obici Hospital, 1 mile north of Elephant Fork, Virginia, 55 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 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 VG51
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Sentara Obici Hospital
- Elevation
- 55 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
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2002
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | 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: Suffolk Executive (6 nm south), Hampton Roads Executive (6 nm east), Chesapeake Regional (14 nm southeast), Franklin Regional (16 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Suffolk Executive (6 nm south), Hampton Roads Executive (6 nm east), Chesapeake Regional (14 nm southeast), Franklin Regional (16 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
- See airspace letter dtd 23 jan 2001 for conditions.
- Medical use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Elephant Fork from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Elephant Fork, VA as the owner's town.
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:
- Tidewater Soaring Society 8 aircraft · Windsor, 9 miles away Tidewater Soaring Society is a member-owned and operated flying club affiliated with the Soaring Society of America, located in Southeastern Virginia.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Tidewater Soaring Society 8 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,971 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VG51.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 29, 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.