Airports · Wisconsin · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Indianhead Medical Center Heliport

WS79 · Shell Lake, Wisconsin · Washburn County · map

Indianhead Medical Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Indianhead Medical Center in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, 1,250 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 40 feet of asphalt.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA WS79
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Indianhead Medical Center
Elevation: 1,250 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Green Bay sectional
In the FAA's files since: February 2003

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	40 × 40 ft	Asphalt

Aircraft registered in Shell Lake from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Shell Lake, Wisconsin: 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Shell Lake Municipal SSQ · 1 nm south Nest Of Eagles Airport 1H9 · 8 nm northeast Cumberland Municipal UBE · 14 nm south Burnett County RZN · 19 nm west Barron Municipal 9Y7 · 20 nm south Rice Lake Rgnl/Carl'S Field RPD · 20 nm south Sawyer County HYR · 26 nm northeast Chetek Muni/Southworth Airport Y23 · 29 nm southeast

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Provided approach/departure routes are conducted from 340 to 010; 050 to 090; 310 to 320 degrees; and the landing area is appropriately marked and lighted.
40 feet power line 75 feet south, and 90 feet trees 250 feet northeast 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.