AirIndex Research · FAA LID 69AZ

MARICOPA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

MESA, AZ — Phoenix metro. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

76/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 1257 ft MSL · USGS ground 1214 ft · Δ 43 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 24 ft — measured independently of the FAA record
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

FeasibleConversion feasibility · obstruction screen
100 ft · eVTOL FATO50 ft
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.
Obstruction clearance
Clear — no obstructions within 0.5 nm on the FAA obstacle file

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.

FAA compliance

Q1 · FAA registrationPASS
Active FAA NASR 5010 record.
Q2 · Airspace determinationON_FILE
OE3A archive: ASN 2001-AWP-9-NRA determined 2001-03-30
Q3 · State enforcementMODERATE
State has partial enforcement framework.
Q4 · NFPA 418PARTIAL
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
69AZ
AIX ID
aix:hp:4ZP1DGW8
Lat / Lng
33.38104, -111.82882
Elevation
1257 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
50 × 50 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2002/11
Last owner update
2023/12/29

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2001-01-08
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2001-AWP-9-NRA
    2001-03-30
    Other · 0 ft AGL — Proposed new Sheriffs Heliport for Maricopa County AZ.

Safety history (NTSB)3

Fatal event history

3 NTSB helicopter events within 3 nm since 2010 (3 accidents, 1 fatal); most recent 2022-10-01.

1 event with a fatality

  • ACCIDENT1.1 nm
    2022-10-01
    BELL 47G2 · Mesa, AZNTSB CAROL
  • ACCIDENTFATAL1.2 nm
    2020-04-24
    Bell UH 1H · Mesa, AZNTSB CAROL
  • ACCIDENT1.7 nm
    2014-06-08
    MCDONNELL DOUGLAS HELICOPTER 369E · Mesa, AZNTSB 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
76/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
GROUND 1214ftROOFTOP 1238ftbldg ~24ftFAA FILED 1257ft

The FAA record places this pad at 1257 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 1238 ft — a -19 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.

eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 50 ft

The 50 ft pad is 50 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation1257 ft1238 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions50 ft side (filed)50 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 · pad dims APT cycle 2026/03/19 · USGS 3DEP terrain · Overture structure · eVTOL screen conversion-feasibility-1.1 · AIX-ID aix:hp:4ZP1DGW8 · Methodology →
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