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BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL

AUSTIN, TX — Austin metro. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

50/100
Self-reportedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 519 ft MSL · USGS ground 497 ft · Δ 22 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
Single independent source — no corroboration available

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

InfeasibleConversion feasibility · obstruction screen
100 ft · eVTOL FATO55 ft
The recorded pad is 45 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
55 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
OE3A archive: ASN 1986-ASW-3009-NRA determined 1998-10-05
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
18TS
AIX ID
aix:hp:71CMRA1N
Lat / Lng
30.27378, -97.73476
Elevation
519 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
55 × 55 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
1986/08
Last owner update
2021/03/12

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 1986-01-16
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 1986-ASW-3009-NRA
    1998-10-05
    Other · 0 ft AGL — BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL HELIPORT-(PUBLIC)ROOFTOP
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
50/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 55 ft

The 55 ft pad is 45 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation519 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions55 ft side (filed)55 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
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:71CMRA1N · Methodology →
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BRACKENRIDGE HOSPITAL, AUSTIN, TX (FAA 18TS). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:71CMRA1N. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:71CMRA1N.

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