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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 292 ft MSL · USGS ground 193 ft · Δ 99 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
⚠ Sources conflict — FAA elevation sits above terrain, but no building is at the coordinate
Either a freestanding / tower pad or a mislocated coordinate — independent verification recommended.
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 50 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 50 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.
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.
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
OE/AAA ASN 2024-ASO-15806-NRA: DET-to-Prop
Q3 · State enforcementLIMITED
State has limited enforcement of FAA standards.
Q4 · NFPA 418UNKNOWN
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
3GE9
AIX ID
aix:hp:78E37ASA
Lat / Lng
31.59167, -84.15751
Elevation
292 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
50 × 50 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2020/10
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations4
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2024-12-13 · 1 in the last 24 months
Form 7480 · 92 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2024-ESA-337-LAP
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2020-ASO-1215-NRA2020-10-26
Heliport · 45 ft AGL — New Helipad for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital\r\nLAP ASN # 2020-ESA-40-LAP
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2010-ASO-45-NRA2010-04-19
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — This study is for a private use hospital helipad VFR use only. FAA Form 7480-1 and map attached.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
72/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 50 ft pad is 50 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation292 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions50 ft side (filed)50 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
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.
PHOEBE PUTNEY MEML HOSPITAL, ALBANY, GA (FAA 3GE9). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:78E37ASA. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:78E37ASA.