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8AL1

Med West-Hoover Heliport
Hoover, Alabama, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	8AL1
Lat/Long:	33-21-17.0000N 086-51-21.0000W 33-21.283333N 086-51.350000W 33.3547222,-86.8558333 (estimated)
Elevation:	600 ft. / 183 m (estimated)
From city:	3 miles NE of HOOVER, AL
Time zone:	UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	35226

Heliport Operations

Heliport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	09/2016
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ATLANTA CENTER
FSS:	ANNISTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:
Segmented circle:	no

Heliport Communications

WX AWOS-3PT at EKY (4 nm SW):	118.825 (205-424-3127)
WX ASOS at EET (11 nm S):	134.325 (205-663-5881)
WX ASOS at BHM (14 nm N):	PHONE 205-591-6172

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
VUZr171/19.1		VULCAN VORTAC		114.40		02E
OKWr070/21.0		BROOKWOOD VORTAC		111.00		00E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
MCDEN		186/9.4		224		03W		BH	-... ....

Heliport Services

Runway Information

Helipad H1

Dimensions:	40 x 40 ft. / 12 x 12 m
Surface:	asphalt
Latitude:	33-21.283333N
Longitude:	086-51.350000W
Elevation:	600.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Heliport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	UAB HEALTH SYS - MED WEST 995 9TH AVE SW BESSEMER, AL 35022 Phone 205-481-7101
Manager:	UAB HEALTH SYS - MED WEST 995 9TH AVE SW BESSEMER, AL 35022 Phone 205-481-7101

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8AL1.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KEKY - Bessemer National Airport (4 nm SW)
KEET - Shelby County Airport (11 nm S)
KBHM - Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (14 nm N)
0A8 - Bibb County Airport (28 nm SW)
KSCD - Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (30 nm E)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 20-Jul-2025

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:25	10:25
Sunrise	05:53	10:53
Sunset	19:55	00:55
Evening civil twilight	20:22	01:22

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	20-Jul-2025 18:28:00
Local (UTC-5)	20-Jul-2025 13:28:00

METAR

KEKY 4nm SW	201756Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM BKN032 BKN041 OVC070 31/24 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP176 6//// T03060244 10317 20239 58011
KEET 11nm S	201753Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW033 SCT045 BKN055 32/24 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP191 T03170244 10317 20239 58011
KBHM 14nm NE	201753Z 30011KT 10SM SCT041 SCT250 32/23 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP194 MDT CU NW-N T03220233 10322 20250 58014 $

TAF

KEET 11nm S	201720Z 2018/2118 26007KT P6SM BKN045 PROB30 2020/2024 VRB10G20KT 4SM TSRA BKN035CB FM210200 VRB03KT P6SM SCT150 FM211600 28005KT P6SM BKN250
KBHM 14nm NE	201720Z 2018/2118 26009KT P6SM BKN045 PROB30 2020/2101 VRB10G20KT 4SM TSRA BKN035CB FM210200 VRB04KT P6SM SCT150 FM211500 28008KT P6SM BKN050

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