The FAA doesn't know what's on its own heliport registry.
Of the 5,647 FAA-registered heliports in the US, hundreds no longer exist, thousands have inaccurate data, and none have been verified against current standards. AirIndex screens every facility against five compliance questions — then tells you exactly which sites need remediation, what the liability exposure looks like, and how to prioritize action.
FAA Advisory Circulars are used as the “standard of care” in civil aviation lawsuits. Deviation from the standard equals negligence exposure. Insurance carriers are covering heliport assets they have never verified. State DOTs are planning AAM corridors anchored to heliports that may not meet current standards. As the FAA continues to develop unified vertical flight infrastructure standards, facilities that are not aligned with evolving requirements face increasing regulatory exposure.
Five-Question Compliance Checklist
Every heliport is assessed against five questions. The output is a three-tier classification: COMPLIANT, CONDITIONAL, or OBJECTIONABLE.
Does the facility have a current FAA NASR 5010 registration?
Is there an FAA OE/AAA airspace determination on file? Of 2,747 hospital-affiliated heliports we track, 184 (6.7%) have a current determination — the remaining 93% are operating against a baseline that was either never established or has lapsed. Conditional and objectionable determinations are flagged at the facility level.
Does the state actively enforce heliport/vertiport standards? States with strong enforcement have lower compliance risk across the portfolio. Verified posture data live for 17 states; remaining states scored under the Missing Data Treatment Protocol per published methodology.
Is NFPA 418 (Standard for Heliports) referenced in the local fire or building code? Absence means the facility may not meet current safety standards. Municipality-level ordinance audits are added on engagement; 5 metros baseline today.
Can the TLOF/FATO accommodate eVTOL dimensional requirements? Most existing pads were built to standards that do not meet EB-105A 2D FATO requirements.
Compliance Tiers
The tool, on a single facility
Live render of the screening surface for JACKSON MEML HOSPITAL (25FA, MIAMI, FL). Same output an underwriter or developer pulls when assessing the site — tier, dimensional analysis, compliance profile, gap flags. Multiplied across every facility in a portfolio for engagement-tier deliverables.
And across a portfolio
The same screening repeated across every facility in a state or portfolio. Live slice below from the Florida sample — all 381 facilities scored, the distribution surfaced, the conditional and presumed-compliant tiers separated.
Who This Is For
Two state-level audits published as public samples — Florida (381 heliports including the Miami metro) and South Carolina (49 heliports). Same five-question scoring, statewide pass rates, and flagged-facility tables you receive on engagement. Full state portfolios, custom geographies, and per-facility deep dives delivered on contract.
For sites flagged in pre-screening, physical verification is recommended by a qualified heliport inspector. AirIndex provides the automated screening layer — on-site SMS risk analysis, obstruction surveys, and TLOF/FATO measurement are performed by credentialed infrastructure consultants.
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