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 →
The recorded pad is 63 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
37 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.
Jurisdiction has adopted NFPA 418 in fire/building code.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
6N5
AIX ID
aix:hp:WADYSH7F
Lat / Lng
40.74245, -73.97212
Elevation
10 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
37 × 37 ft
Surface type
ASPH-CONC
Surface condition
GOOD
Last inspection
2023/04/27
Last owner update
1980/01/08
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2017-04-18
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2017-AEA-778-NRA2017-05-17
Planning · 0 ft AGL — The Department of Small Business Services (DSBS) and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) are requesting a special permit pursuant to ZR § 74-66 (Heliports) for a term of 10 years in order to continue operations at the East 34th Street Heliport (Loc ID: 6N5).
Safety history (NTSB)1
Fatal event history
1 NTSB helicopter event within 3 nm since 2010 (1 accident, 1 fatal); most recent 2011-10-04.
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
96/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 37 ft pad is 63 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation10 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions37 ft side (filed)37 ft side · measured
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.