Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 49 ft MSL · USGS ground 51 ft · Δ -2 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 →
The recorded pad is 70 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
30 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.
Obstruction clearance
High obstacle within 0.5 nm — conflicts with the expanded footprint and 8:1 approach
Measured against FAA pad geometry and federal FATO sizing (EB-105). 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
OE/AAA ASN 2025-ASW-7655-NRA: DET-to-Prop
Q3 · State enforcementLIMITED
State has limited enforcement of FAA standards.
Q4 · NFPA 418PARTIAL
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
04TE
AIX ID
aix:hp:EBKYPVB5
Lat / Lng
29.69971, -95.39068
Elevation
49 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
30 × 30 ft
Surface type
TURF
Activation date
1973/02
Last owner update
2021/10/10
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations2
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2025-10-30 · 1 in the last 24 months
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2025-ASW-7655-NRA2026-01-15
Form 7480 · 196 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2025-CSA-607-LAP\r\nhospital helipad.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 1999-ASW-5586-NRA1999-12-02
Other · 0 ft AGL — DEACTIVATE EXISTING HELIPAD AND CONSTRUCT NEW ROOFTOP HELIPAD
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
57/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 30 ft pad is 70 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation49 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions30 ft side (filed)30 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filedterrain cross-checked
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
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✓Cross-checkedUSGS · Overture · dimensions
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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.
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.
VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER, HOUSTON, TX (FAA 04TE). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:EBKYPVB5. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:EBKYPVB5.