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KITCHEN CREEK HELIBASE

PINE VALLEY, CA. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

67/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 3350 ft MSL · USGS ground 3362 ft · Δ -12 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
Corroborated — terrain and structure agree (2/2 sources)

Cross-checked against independent public data — USGS 3DEP terrain, Overture/OSM building footprints, the federal hospital registry, and measured dimensions. The State of the U.S. Heliport Record →

eVTOL readiness

CONDITIONALConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Clear
No obstructions within 0.5 nm on the FAA obstacle file.
Geometry
Meets the FATO footprint
Recorded pad side 110 ft against a 100 ft eVTOL FATO.
Structural FATO
Unverified
The full 100 × 100 ft FATO must be load-bearing. The FAA does not record structural capacity, so no record can confirm it.
Overall
Conditional
Obstruction screen passed. Geometry and structural capacity remain open. Site validation required.
100 ft · eVTOL FATO110 ft
This pad already covers the eVTOL landing footprint as it stands.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
110 ft
eVTOL FATO required
100 ft
FAA EB-105 vertiport pattern — 2× a ~50 ft eVTOL controlling dimension, plus a 125 ft safety-area side.
Load-bearing FATO
100 × 100 ft must be structural
No heliport precedent — typically the binding gate for rooftop and hospital pads.

Measured against FAA pad geometry and federal FATO sizing (EB-105). The obstruction screen is the only reading the engine verdict rests on; geometry and structural capacity are stated separately and never folded into it. A dimensional pre-screen — site-level validation required, and independent of the underwriting risk score.

FAA compliance

Q1 · FAA registrationPASS
Active FAA NASR 5010 record.
Q2 · Airspace determinationON_FILE
OE3A archive: ASN 2016-AWP-1693-NRA determined 2016-10-24
Q3 · State enforcementSTRONG
State has adopted FAA AC as enforceable.
Q4 · NFPA 418UNKNOWN
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
00CN
AIX ID
aix:hp:DXA7C279
Lat / Lng
32.72737, -116.45974
Elevation
3350 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
110 × 110 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
EXCELLENT
Activation date
2016/10
Last owner update
2020/02/25

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2016-07-07
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2016-AWP-1693-NRA
    2016-10-24
    Heliport · 0 ft AGL — The Kitchen Creek Helibase was built \r\nby the United States Department of\r\n Agriculture Forest Service. The \r\nHelibase and its facilities support \r\nthe fire suppression program of the \r\nForest Service Cleveland National \r\nForest and surrounding state and \r\nlocal lands. The base has 2 helipads\r\n and was designed for Sikorsky S-64 \r\nE/F aircraft and includes offices \r\n a garage and a hanger capable of \r\nhousing the S-64 helicopter. The \r\nbase will generally be staffed \r\nwith aircraft from June to \r\nDecember depending on weather \r\nand the fire season. The base \r\nmay also be used for other \r\nemergency operations when \r\ncoordinated with the Forest \r\nService.The base has been \r\noperational since the 1st \r\nof this year (2016) with agency \r\naircraft. 7480 and associated \r\ndocuments are attached.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
67/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 110 ft

Footprint assessment available.

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation3350 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions110 ft side (filed)110 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filedterrain cross-checked
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
✓Cross-checkedUSGS · Overture · dimensions
3Physically verifiedGround Truth capture
Obstructions, exact FATO geometry, surface condition, and downwash exposure require a physical Ground Truth capture — not shown above as measured. A field verification completes the record and writes the measured truth to this facility’s authority.
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Full risk assessment

This page is the public data-integrity record. The full RiskIndex assessment — Q1–Q5 compliance, dimensional / FATO analysis, an underwriting-grade risk score, peer benchmark, and a sealed Site Intelligence Report — is available on request.

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Provenance FAA NASR 5010 · pad dims APT cycle 2026/03/19 · USGS 3DEP terrain · Overture structure · eVTOL screen conversion-feasibility-1.1 · AIX-ID aix:hp:DXA7C279 · Methodology →
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KITCHEN CREEK HELIBASE, PINE VALLEY, CA (FAA 00CN). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:DXA7C279. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:DXA7C279.

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