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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 814 ft MSL · USGS ground 833 ft · Δ -19 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 →
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 75 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 25 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 75 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
25 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 determinationUNKNOWN
FAA OE/AAA airspace determination data integration pending.
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
6NC6
AIX ID
aix:hp:XC3E9DMB
Lat / Lng
35.28518, -81.24341
Elevation
814 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
25 × 25 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2003/01
Last owner update
2012/12/14
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations0
No FAA OEAAA determinations linked to this facility.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
72/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 25 ft pad is 75 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation814 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions25 ft side (filed)25 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
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.
NORTH CAROLINA HELICOPTERS, GASTONIA, NC (FAA 6NC6). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:XC3E9DMB. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:XC3E9DMB.