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HOUSTON METHODIST BAYTOWN

BAYTOWN, TX. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

73/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 25 ft MSL · USGS ground 26 ft · Δ -1 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
Corroborated — terrain and structure agree (2/2 sources)

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 55 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 45 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 FATO45 ft
The recorded pad is 55 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
45 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
OE3A archive: ASN 2019-ASW-4403-NRA determined 2022-12-28
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
44TT
AIX ID
aix:hp:2RD0S8SH
Lat / Lng
29.76881, -94.97792
Elevation
25 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
45 × 45 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2020/11
Last owner update
2026/03/25

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations8

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2020-07-31
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2019-ASW-4403-NRA
    2022-12-28
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2019-CSA-114-LAP\r\n\r\nActivation of perm heliport
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2020-ASW-4582-NRA
    2022-02-08
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2020-CSA-61-LAP
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2020-ASW-5766-NRA
    2020-08-10
    Form 7480 · 1 ft AGL — Deactivate Heliport\r\n\r\nLAP ASN # 2020-CSA-87-LAP
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2019-ASW-4402-NRA
    2020-02-10
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2019-CSA-113-LAP\r\n\r\nDeactivate the temporary heliport.
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2019-ASW-3048-NRA
    2019-06-10
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Deactivate Temporary Helipad in-order to activate newly built helipad.
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2019-ASW-3047-NRA
    2019-06-10
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Activate permanent helipad
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2017-ASW-3479-NRA
    2017-09-29
    Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Construct San Jacinto Methodist Hospital heliport
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 1988-ASW-2185-NRA
    1998-10-05
    Other · 0 ft AGL — SAN JACINTO METHODIST HOSPITAL HELIPORT

Safety history (NTSB)1

Fatal event history

1 NTSB helicopter event within 3 nm since 2010 (1 accident, 1 fatal); most recent 2012-09-10.

1 event with a fatality

  • ACCIDENTFATAL1.7 nm
    2012-09-10
    ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA · Houston, TX — 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
73/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 45 ft

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

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation25 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions45 ft side (filed)45 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

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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:2RD0S8SH · Methodology →
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