FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JANUARY 2019
Location
FAA Identifier: | 8A4 |
Lat/Long: | 39-45-57.1550N / 086-08-55.9500W 39-45.952583N / 086-08.932500W 39.7658764 / -86.1488750 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 732 ft. / 223.1 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 03W (2000) |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
Zip code: | 46204 |
Heliport Operations
Heliport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 12/1978 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | INDIANAPOLIS CENTER |
FSS: | TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | HUF (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0800-1630, ALL SAT-SUN ON REQ FOR ATTENDANT & INFO CALL 317-955-1271. FOR WEEK-END ASSISTANCE 317-487-5089. |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT ODALS; PLASI; HIGH INTST PAD LGTS - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green-yellow (heliport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Heliport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 123.05 |
WX AWOS-3: | 118.250 (317-955-3160) |
INDIANAPOLIS APPROACH: | 125.275 |
INDIANAPOLIS DEPARTURE: | 125.275 |
WX ASOS at IND (7 nm SW): | PHONE 317-241-0348 |
WX ASOS at EYE (8 nm NW): | 121.575 (317-329-1754) |
WX AWOS-3P at HFY (9 nm S): | 118.525 (317-882-5862) |
WX AWOS-3 at UMP (11 nm NE): | 119.375 (317-842-3911) |
WX AWOS-3 at MQJ (12 nm E): | 124.175 (317-335-3037) |
WX AWOS-3 at 2R2 (15 nm W): | 118.025 (317-718-4872) |
WX AWOS-3PT at TYQ (17 nm N): | 120.725 (317-769-3154) |
WX ASOS at GEZ (19 nm SE): | 121.55 (317-398-0246) |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
VHPr105/10.5 | | BRICKYARD VORTAC | | 116.30 | | 01E |
SHBr297/17.0 | | SHELBYVILLE VOR/DME | | 112.00 | | 01E |
Heliport Services
Fuel available: | A1+ SELF SERVE |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MINOR MINOR REPAIRS AVBL ON REQ. CALL 317-487-5089. |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Runway Information
Helipad H1
Dimensions: | 60 x 60 ft. / 18 x 18 m |
Surface: | concrete, in good condition |
Latitude: | 39-45.952583N | | |
Longitude: | 086-08.932500W | | |
Elevation: | 732.0 ft. | | |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | |
Visual slope indicator: | non-standard VASI system NSTD PLASI - PULSATING APCH SLOPE INDICATOR - ON EAST APCH. | | |
Approach lights: | ODALS WESTBND INGRSS | | |
Runway end identifier lights: | no | | |
Heliport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | INDIANAPOLIS ARPT AUTH 7800 COL. H. WEIR. COOK MEMORIAL DR INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46241 Phone (317) 487-5022 |
Manager: | KEITH BERLEN 7800 COL. H. WEIR. COOK MEMORIAL DR INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46241 Phone (317) 487-5022 |
Heliport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 4 | Helicopters: | | 4 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 41/week * | 98% | transient general aviation | 1% | military | 1% | air taxi | * for 12-month period ending 31 December 2016 | |
Additional Remarks
- | OPNS SUB TO RULES & REGS FOR USE OF FACS & ARPTS PROMULGATED BY INDPLS ARPT AUTH. |
- | INGRESS/EGRESS COORDN WITH INDPLS APCH CTL IS ENCOURAGED. - 125.275. |
- | ARPT HAS NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES CONTACT AMGR AT 317-955-1271. |
- | ALL TFC REMAIN SOUTH OF HELIPORT; UTILIZE RR TRACKS & INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS FOR INGRESS/EGRESS. APCH & DEP ON EASTERLY OR WESTERLY HDGS. |
- | FOR CD CTC IND APCH AT 317-227-5743. |
A52-H1 | BLDG AREA TO NE IS LGTD. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 31 January 2019 at 0901Z to 28 February 2019 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
COPTER RNAV (GPS) 291 | |
download (206KB) |
COPTER VOR/DME 287 | |
download (211KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KIND - Indianapolis International Airport (7 nm SW)
KEYE - Eagle Creek Airpark (8 nm NW)
KHFY - Indy South Greenwood Airport (9 nm S)
KUMP - Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport (11 nm NE)
KMQJ - Indianapolis Regional Airport (12 nm E)
2R2 - Hendricks County Airport-Gordon Graham Field (15 nm W)
KTYQ - Indianapolis Executive Airport (17 nm N)
KGEZ - Shelbyville Municipal Airport (19 nm SE)
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Aerial photo |
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Photo by Ellie Patton
Photo taken 06-Mar-2010
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 22-Feb-2019
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 07:02 | | 12:02 |
Sunrise | | 07:29 | | 12:29 |
Sunset | | 18:27 | | 23:27 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:55 | | 23:55 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 22-Feb-2019 11:49:22 |
Local (UTC-5) | 22-Feb-2019 06:49:22 |
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METAR |
KIND 7nm SW | 221054Z 03008KT 7SM FEW200 BKN250 M02/M04 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP285 T10171044
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KEYE 8nm NW | 221053Z AUTO 04006KT 8SM CLR M01/M04 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP285 T10111044
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KHFY 9nm S | 221135Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM CLR M01/M04 A3037 RMK AO2 T10151036
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KMQJ 13nm E | 221135Z AUTO 03006KT 7SM CLR M02/M02 A3037 RMK AO1
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KTYQ 17nm N | 221135Z AUTO 03006KT 7SM CLR M02/M04 A3037 RMK AO2 T10251039
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KGEZ 19nm SE | 221053Z AUTO 01007KT 7SM CLR 00/M03 A3035 RMK AO2 SLP283 T00001028
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TAF |
KIND 7nm SW | 220820Z 2208/2312 VRB04KT P6SM BKN150 FM221800 08008KT P6SM SCT250 FM230700 10006KT P6SM OVC060 FM230900 10006KT P6SM OVC025 FM231100 10007KT P6SM OVC020
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NOTAMs |
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