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 46 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
54 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.
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
73T
AIX ID
aix:hp:T8J98G4M
Lat / Lng
32.63166, -96.85523
Elevation
648.5 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
54 × 54 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
GOOD
Activation date
2015/02
Last inspection
2024/11/08
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations2
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2012-10-31
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2012-ASW-5767-NRA2013-02-13
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Proposal for a new public owned public use heliport. DeSoto Heliport DeSoto TX Dallas County. Ground level flush lighted concrete helipad 54' x 54'. No IFR procedures anticipated.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2008-ASW-1182-NRA2009-12-01
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Notice of landing area proposal for Desoto Vertiplex.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
94/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 54 ft pad is 46 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation648.5 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions54 ft side (filed)54 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.
COLONEL BOBBY WADDLE/DESOTO, DESOTO, TX (FAA 73T). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:T8J98G4M. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:T8J98G4M.