Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 522 ft MSL · USGS ground 359 ft · Δ 163 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
⚠ Sources conflict — FAA elevation sits above terrain, but no building is at the coordinate
Either a freestanding / tower pad or a mislocated coordinate — independent verification recommended.
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 19 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
81 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.
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
72VA
AIX ID
aix:hp:YKE05T7C
Lat / Lng
38.85706, -77.22637
Elevation
522 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
127 × 81 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
1987/10
Last owner update
2020/08/06
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations4
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2011-08-09
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2011-AEA-687-NRA2012-10-25
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Construct additional helipad (H-3) at Inova Fairfax Hospital South Patient Tower H (72VA). Second heliport at this location.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2010-AEA-737-NRA2010-11-10
Structure — New rooftop heliport at the So Patient Tower at the Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church VA\r\n\r\n372'-8\ and the roof el as 516'-2\ the heliport is 6' above the roof or 522'-2\ Att: Barry Striesfeld,CONSTR,NONE,,,,,1,522,Heliport,Construction,,,Inova Fairfax Hosp So Patient Twr
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2010-AEA-735-NRA2010-11-05
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Establish private hospital rooftop heliport in Falls Church VA\r\n\r\n** Barry Streisfeld please see info for drawings attached
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 1991-AEA-273-NRA1991-08-08
Other · 0 ft AGL — ALTER HELIPORT
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
60/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 81 ft pad is 19 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation522 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions81 ft side (filed)81 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.
INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL, FAIRFAX, VA (FAA 72VA). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:YKE05T7C. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:YKE05T7C.