Methodist Hospital Heliport
XS83 · San Antonio, Texas · Bexar County · map
Methodist Hospital Heliport is a private heliport owned by Methodist Hospital, 7 miles northwest of San Antonio, Texas, 1,078 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 XS83
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Methodist Hospital
- Elevation
- 1,078 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1970
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
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: San Antonio International (6 nm east), Kelly Field (7 nm south), Stinson Municipal (12 nm southeast), Boerne Stage Airfield (14 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: San Antonio International (6 nm east), Kelly Field (7 nm south), Stinson Municipal (12 nm southeast), Boerne Stage Airfield (14 nm northwest).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Medical.
- Director of facilities management.
- Rooftop.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in San Antonio from the FAA register
786 aircraft are registered to owners in San Antonio, Texas: 556 piston singles, 79 business jets, 45 piston twins, 36 turboprops, 35 helicopters. 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 Texas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in San Antonio, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sky Safety INC 15 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away Sky Safety Flight Academy is a Part 141 flight school in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1999.
- Texas Flight Training Aircraft 8 LLC 8 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away Texas Top Aviation provides type-specific flight training for owner-pilots of high-performance aircraft including the TBM, Piper M-class, Cirrus, Vision Jet, and Epic E1000, as well as aircraft brokerage services.
- Jetstream Aeronautics LLC 3 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away Jetstream Aeronautics is a flight school in San Antonio, Texas that provides pilot training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, and flight instructor certificates.
- Fort Sam Houston Flying Club 2 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away
- Alamo Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away
- Los Cielos Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · San Antonio, 6 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in San Antonio:
- Encore Jet Management LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate Encore Jet provides private aircraft charter transportation to clients in San Antonio and the surrounding area.
- Cadre Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Iowa Copters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Business Air INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Business Air is an FAA Part 135 certified charter operator based in Austin and Houston, Texas, offering on-demand private jet charter flights across Texas and beyond.
- W W Tichenor and Company INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in San Antonio (12 of 30, all of them):
- Aero Comfort
- Alcocer LTD A&C Products is an AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certified aerospace manufacturing and repair facility in San Antonio, Texas, founded in 1987.
- Amentum Services INC
- Boeing Aerospace Operations INC
- Brl Ndt Consultants, LLC
- Cabin Management Solutions LLC
- Cardinal Ndt, LLC Cardinal NDT, LLC is an FAA-certified repair station in San Antonio, Texas that provides non-destructive testing and inspection services.
- Chromalloy Component Services INC
- City Plating and Metal Finishing, LLC City Plating and Metal Finishing is an FAA-certified repair station specializing in electroplating aircraft parts with precious metals such as gold, chrome, and nickel.
- Corpjet Aviation, LLC CorpJet Aviation is an FAA-certified Part 145 repair station in San Antonio, Texas, providing aircraft maintenance, avionics services, and parts support for private, corporate, and fleet operators.
- Cutter Aviation San Antonio INC Cutter Aviation is a family-owned FBO network operating six locations across the Southwest (Albuquerque, Colorado Springs, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Phoenix Deer Valley, Prescott, and Georgetown).
- Davcor Aviation Services INC Davcor Aviation Services Inc.
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 San Antonio 786 aircraft · 556 piston singles, 79 business jets, 45 piston twins
- Spitfire Ventures LLC 26 aircraft in town
- Sky Safety INC 15 aircraft in town
- Lewis Aeronautical LLC 13 aircraft in town
- Omega Air INC 12 aircraft in town
- Moore Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Encore Jet Management LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cadre Aviation Services LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Iowa Copters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Business Air INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sky Safety INC 15 aircraft · flight school
- Texas Flight Training Aircraft 8 LLC 8 aircraft · flight school
- Jetstream Aeronautics LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Aero Comfort · repair station
- Alcocer LTD · repair station
- Amentum Services INC · repair station
- Boeing Aerospace Operations INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,064 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/XS83.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 November 6, 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.