AirIndex Research · FAA LID CA30

MANCLARK AIRWAY

COSTA MESA, CA — Los Angeles metro. Operational · Private use.

OperationalPrivate usePrivate
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Data integrity

64/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 77 ft MSL · USGS ground 51 ft · Δ 26 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 61 ft — measured independently of the FAA record
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 →

eVTOL readiness

InfeasibleConversion feasibility · obstruction screen
100 ft · eVTOL FATO37 ft
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.

FAA compliance

Q1 · FAA registrationPASS
Active FAA NASR 5010 record.
Q2 · Airspace determinationON_FILE
OE/AAA ASN 2024-AWP-6968-NRA: DET-to-Prop
Q3 · State enforcementSTRONG
State has adopted FAA AC as enforceable.
Q4 · NFPA 418UNKNOWN
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
CA30
AIX ID
aix:hp:VWZVFV7J
Lat / Lng
33.67503, -117.87317
Elevation
77 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
37 × 37 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
GOOD
Activation date
2018/01
Last owner update
2020/07/30

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations10

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2025-10-28 · 8 in the last 24 months
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2025-AWP-4216-NRA
    2025-10-29
    OTHER - NAVAIDS/Approach Aids · 165 ft AGL — OTHER Instrument Approach Aid
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2025-AWP-688-NRA
    2025-05-06
    CONSTR. SAFETY PLAN - Miscellaneous · 1 ft AGL — CONSTR. SAFETY PLAN Miscellaneous
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2025-AWP-670-NRA
    2025-04-23
    CONSTR. SAFETY PLAN - Miscellaneous · 1 ft AGL — CONSTR. SAFETY PLAN Miscellaneous
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-6972-NRA
    2024-12-03
    OTHER - Fuel Farm/Utilities · 20 ft AGL — OTHER Fuel Farm/Utilities
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-6968-NRA
    2024-12-03
    OTHER - Fuel Farm/Utilities · 3 ft AGL — OTHER Fuel Farm/Utilities
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-6971-NRA
    2024-12-03
    OTHER - Fuel Farm/Utilities · 20 ft AGL — OTHER Fuel Farm/Utilities
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-6969-NRA
    2024-12-03
    OTHER - Fuel Farm/Utilities · 20 ft AGL — OTHER Fuel Farm/Utilities
  • NRADET-to-PropASN 2024-AWP-6970-NRA
    2024-12-03
    OTHER - Fuel Farm/Utilities · 20 ft AGL — OTHER Fuel Farm/Utilities
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-AWP-2320-NRA
    2016-05-24
    Heliport · 25 ft AGL — 40' x 40' private rooftop heliport on an existing building. Standard heliport lighting including perimeter lighted windcone and obstruction lights. This heliport was previously studied as part of case 2011-AWP-528-NRA. However that airspace determination expired in December 2013 and is required to be re-submitted. 7480 and attached documents are attached.
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2011-AWP-528-NRA
    2011-06-14
    Heliport · 25 ft AGL — ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW HELIPORT LOCATED ON AN ELEVATED METAL HELIDECK APPROX. 25' ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ON AN EXISTING BUILDING. SEE UPLOADED DOC.

Safety history (NTSB)2

Accident history

2 NTSB helicopter events within 3 nm since 2010 (2 accidents); most recent 2018-09-03.

  • ACCIDENT0.3 nm
    2018-09-03
    Guimbal CABRI · Santa Ana, CA — NTSB CAROL
  • ACCIDENT0.2 nm
    2017-07-27
    ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY R44 II · Santa Ana, CA — NTSB CAROL

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
64/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
GROUND 51ftROOFTOP 113ftbldg ~61ftFAA FILED 77ft

The FAA record places this pad at 77 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 113 ft — a +36 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.

eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 37 ft

The 37 ft pad is 63 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation77 ft113 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions37 ft side (filed)37 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filedterrain cross-checked
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
✓Cross-checkedUSGS · Overture · dimensions
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.
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Full risk assessment

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.

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Provenance FAA NASR 5010 · pad dims APT cycle 2026/03/19 · USGS 3DEP terrain · Overture structure · eVTOL screen conversion-feasibility-1.1 · AIX-ID aix:hp:VWZVFV7J · Methodology →
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MANCLARK AIRWAY, COSTA MESA, CA (FAA CA30). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:VWZVFV7J. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:VWZVFV7J.

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