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Houston metro

Greater Houston Metro · 25 nm radius · 1954.8 sq nm · 0.5 nm grid
Area Coverage
52.4%
Inventory Finding · corrected landing record
The FAA-registered view alone shows 51.2% area coverage. 7 unregistered hospital helipads in this metro are absent from the FAA registry, reclaiming 24.8 sq nm of apparent landing desert. Corrected coverage: 52.4%.
HIFLD-listed, not FAA-registered — real but UNVERIFIED candidates (no FAA record or RiskIndex grade). Amber on the heatmap; each a candidate for Ground Truth verification.
Area Coverage
52.4%
Total Area
1954.8 sq nm
Landing Desert
929.5 sq nm
Viable Nodes
82
Land Immediately2.9%
Land ASAP17.6%
Land As Practical32%
Landing Desert47.6%
Coverage Heatmap7819 cells · viable landing nodes by RiskIndex tier
82 viable landing nodes in this area. The node-level list — each site's identity, survivability, and audited RiskIndex dossier — and the coverage API are available with ELIP access.
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elip-coverage-1.0 · area = circle r25nm · 0.5nm grid · viability excludes CRITICALReach = fixed distance bands, not aircraft glide-modeled · Vertical Data Group