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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 420 ft MSL · USGS ground 404 ft · Δ 16 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
UNVERIFIEDConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
No data
No FAA obstacle data on file for this state. Clearance unverified.
Geometry
Requires 35 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 65 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
Unverified
No obstruction data on file. The dimensional gap applies; clearance is unverified.
The recorded pad is 35 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
65 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.
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
98PN
AIX ID
aix:hp:JZ4K2RD7
Lat / Lng
40.56551, -75.52349
Elevation
420 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
65 × 65 ft
Surface type
MATS
Surface condition
FAIR
Activation date
1983/03
Last owner update
2021/02/22
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations3
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2020-07-16
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2020-AEA-1735-NRA2021-01-08
Heliport · 21 ft AGL — LAP ASN # 2020-ESA-122-LAP; Elevate the existing heliport (98PN)21 feet.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2019-AEA-105-NRA2019-07-09
Heliport · 1 ft AGL — This is a temporary helipad being built at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest 1200 Cedar Crest Blvd Allentown PA 18103\r\nThe current helipad will be shut down and a new elevated helipad will be constructed. This temp location will serve the hospital in the interim.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2007-AEA-26-NRA2007-02-02
Other · 30 ft AGL — the hosp proposes to construct a 2 story addition to its emergeny dept. the site is adjacent to the hosp private use helipad used for EMS. The addition is shielded from the r/w approach to Queen City Municipal arpt by existing taller bldgs bet it and the arpt.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
66/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 65 ft pad is 35 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation420 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions65 ft side (filed)65 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.
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL CEDAR CREST, ALLENTOWN, PA (FAA 98PN). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:JZ4K2RD7. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:JZ4K2RD7.