Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 10 ft MSL · USGS ground 5 ft · Δ 5 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 152 ft — measured independently of the FAA record
Cross-source consensus
⚠ Sources conflict — pad is on a building, but FAA elevation reads ground level
Stale-low FAA elevation (the 6FD8 class) — never updated for the rooftop pad. Treat the recorded elevation as unreliable.
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 50 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
50 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 determinationUNKNOWN
FAA OE/AAA airspace determination data integration pending.
Q3 · State enforcementSTRONG
State has adopted FAA AC as enforceable.
Q4 · NFPA 418ADOPTED
Jurisdiction has adopted NFPA 418 in fire/building code.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
1FA5
AIX ID
aix:hp:2MDRDRW5
Lat / Lng
25.88659, -80.32661
Elevation
10 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
50 × 50 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
FAIR
Activation date
1977/03
Last owner update
2026/05/05
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations0
No FAA OEAAA determinations linked to this facility.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
53/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
The FAA record places this pad at 10 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 157 ft — a +147 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.
eVTOL footprint
The 50 ft pad is 50 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation10 ft157 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions50 ft side (filed)50 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.
PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL, HIALEAH, FL (FAA 1FA5). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:2MDRDRW5. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:2MDRDRW5.