Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 90 ft MSL · USGS ground 75 ft · Δ 15 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 →
The recorded pad is 62 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
38 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.
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
42TE
AIX ID
aix:hp:SVXPKVSP
Lat / Lng
29.60647, -95.61886
Elevation
90 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
38 × 38 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
EXCELLENT
Activation date
2016/05
Last owner update
2025/05/06
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations3
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2018-01-18
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2018-ASW-346-NRA2018-04-27
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — New helipad to be constructed in an existing hospital parking lot.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2017-ASW-2279-NRA2017-08-01
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — New helipad to be constructed in an existing hospital parking lot.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-ASW-6975-NRA2015-12-14
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — New helipad to be constructed in an existing hospital parking lot.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
60/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 38 ft pad is 62 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation90 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions38 ft side (filed)38 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
→
✓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.
CHI ST. LUKES HOSPITAL, SUGARLAND, TX (FAA 42TE). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:SVXPKVSP. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:SVXPKVSP.