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LZ-52

MINDEN, NV. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

66/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 4706 ft MSL · USGS ground 4706 ft · Δ 0 ft
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

INFEASIBLE WITHOUT REMEDIATIONConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Severe
High obstacle within 0.5 nm conflicts with the expanded footprint and the 8:1 approach surface.
Geometry
Requires 38 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 62 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
Infeasible without remediation
A high obstacle conflicts with the expanded footprint. Remediation or a different site.
100 ft · eVTOL FATO62 ft
The recorded pad is 38 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
62 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 facility data

FAA LID
30NV
AIX ID
aix:hp:85RR1ZP5
Lat / Lng
38.99422, -119.76163
Elevation
4706 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
62 × 62 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
FAIR
Activation date
2026/03

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations10

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2026-08-26 · 4 in the last 24 months
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2026-AWP-2207-NRA
    2026-09-09
    CONSTRUCTION$OTHER · 25 ft AGL — Transient 2
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2026-AWP-2206-NRA
    2026-09-09
    CONSTRUCTION$OTHER · 25 ft AGL — Parking 1
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2026-AWP-2205-NRA
    2026-09-09
    CONSTRUCTION$OTHER · 25 ft AGL — Parking 2
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2025-AWP-2872-NRA
    2025-08-08
    Form 7480 · 0 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2025-WSA-76-LAP
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4522-NRA
    2024-06-04
    TAXIWAYS - Improvements · 1 ft AGL — TAXIWAYS Improvements
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4523-NRA
    2024-06-04
    APRON - Rehabilitate · 1 ft AGL — APRON Improvements
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4524-NRA
    2024-06-04
    APRON - Rehabilitate · 1 ft AGL — APRON Improvements
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4519-NRA
    2024-06-04
    TAXIWAYS - Improvements · 1 ft AGL — TAXIWAYS Improvements
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4520-NRA
    2024-06-04
    TAXIWAYS - Improvements · 1 ft AGL — TAXIWAYS Improvements
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-4521-NRA
    2024-06-04
    TAXIWAYS - Improvements · 1 ft AGL — TAXIWAYS Improvements

Safety history (NTSB)2

Accident history

2 NTSB helicopter events within 3 nm since 2010 (2 accidents); most recent 2020-06-21.

  • ACCIDENT0.3 nm
    2020-06-21
    AEROSPATIALE SA342J · Minden, NV — NTSB CAROL
  • ACCIDENT0.3 nm
    2017-08-20
    BELL 206 · Minden, NV — NTSB CAROL

NTSB helicopter accidents & incidents geocoded within 3 nm of this pad and attributed to the nearest facility — proximity, not a determination that an event occurred at this site. Source: NTSB aviation accident database.

Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
66/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 62 ft

The 62 ft pad is 38 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation4706 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordnot cross-checked
Pad dimensions62 ft side (filed)62 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 · USGS 3DEP terrain · eVTOL screen conversion-feasibility-1.1 · AIX-ID aix:hp:85RR1ZP5 · Methodology →
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LZ-52, MINDEN, NV (FAA 30NV). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:85RR1ZP5. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:85RR1ZP5.

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