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Minneapolis metro

Twin Cities Metro · 25 nm radius · 1955.8 sq nm · 0.5 nm grid
Area Coverage
18%
Inventory Finding · corrected landing record
The FAA-registered view alone shows 17.3% area coverage. 3 unregistered hospital helipads in this metro are absent from the FAA registry, reclaiming 13.7 sq nm of apparent landing desert. Corrected coverage: 18%.
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
18%
Total Area
1955.8 sq nm
Landing Desert
1604.3 sq nm
Viable Nodes
24
Land Immediately0.7%
Land ASAP4.6%
Land As Practical12.7%
Landing Desert82%
Coverage Heatmap7823 cells · viable landing nodes by RiskIndex tier
24 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