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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 744 ft MSL · USGS ground 728 ft · Δ 16 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
On a building footprint — height not tagged in the source
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
CONDITIONALConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Clear
No obstructions within 0.5 nm on the FAA obstacle file.
Geometry
Requires 60 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 40 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
Conditional
Obstruction screen passed. Geometry and structural capacity remain open. Site validation required.
The recorded pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
40 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.
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
51TA
AIX ID
aix:hp:E912AKKV
Lat / Lng
32.65693, -97.42168
Elevation
744 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
40 × 40 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
1990/11
Last owner update
2020/07/21
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations4
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2012-11-16
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2012-ASW-5943-NRA2014-04-16
Heliport · 14 ft AGL — Permanent relocation of the Harris Methodist SW Hospital heliport. The relocated helipdad will be elevated on top of a new parking garage. The pad will be 40' x 40' with permiter edge lighting.\r\n\r\nThe relocation is part of an operating room and post anesthesia care unit addition and renovation project.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2012-ASW-5942-NRA2014-04-16
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Proposal for a temporary helipad for Harris Methodist SW Hospital Heliport. The temporary helipad will be used until September 2013 (six months). The tempoary helipad will be 40' x 40' concrete with flush edge lighting.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2002-ASW-5047-NRA2002-04-03
Other · 0 ft AGL — DEACTIVATION OF OLD HARRIS METHODIST SW HELIPAD. NEW HELIPAD WAS STUDIED UNDER 02-5506. NEW HELIPAD WAS APPROVED SO PROPONENT IS DEACTIVATING THIS SITE.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2002-ASW-5506-NRA2002-02-27
Other · 0 ft AGL — RELOCATION OF HARRIS METHODIST HELIPAD. BUILDING EXPANSION IS MAKING IT NECESSARY TO RELOCATE THE EXISTING HELIPAD. IF THIS STUDY IS APPROVED ANOTHER STUDY WILL FOLLOW FOR THE DEACTIVATION OF THE EXISTING SITE.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
54/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 40 ft pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation744 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordOn a building
Pad dimensions40 ft side (filed)40 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.