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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 258 ft MSL · USGS ground 89 ft · Δ 169 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 47 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
INFEASIBLE WITHOUT REMEDIATIONConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Severe
High obstacle within 0.5 nm conflicts with the expanded footprint and the 8:1 approach surface.
Geometry
Requires 28 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 72 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
Infeasible without remediation
A high obstacle conflicts with the expanded footprint. Remediation or a different site.
The recorded pad is 28 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
72 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.
Jurisdiction has adopted NFPA 418 in fire/building code.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
FA12
AIX ID
aix:hp:5J3FQSVW
Lat / Lng
29.64039, -82.34266
Elevation
258 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
72 × 72 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
GOOD
Activation date
1993/10
Last owner update
2026/01/02
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations3
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2009-04-23
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2009-ASO-551-NRA2009-11-17
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — This study replaces 2 studies (2006-ASO-811-NRA and 2008-ASO-26-NRA). Site has already been inspected and constructed. This study is only to confirm the correct coordinates and elevation. See attached documents
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2008-ASO-26-NRA2008-03-31
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — New Private Heliport located in Gainesville FL. \r\n\r\n*FATO: 106' x 106'. \r\nTLOF: 55' x 55'. \r\nIngress/Egress: 180 degrees to 360 degrees. \r\nSurface: Aluminum. \r\n\r\nOther Landing Areas: \r\nVeterans Admin. Medical Center - 1.03nm West. \r\nGainesville Regional - 4.8nm NE. \r\n\r\nObstructions:\r\nStair Tower - 50' NW at 50' above landing area elev. \r\n\r\nOther Considerations:\r\nPreschool - 0.9nm NE. \r\nChurch - 0.6nm NE. \r\nChuch - 0.8nm N. \r\n\r\nCopies of all paperwork are attached electronically. \r\n\r\n*FATO and Safety Area are depicted circular on drawing after speaking with Consultant they will be square.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2006-ASO-811-NRA2007-04-20
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Additional landing area and parking spot for existing helistop. Landing areas will be 610' apart.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
70/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
The FAA record places this pad at 258 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 136 ft — a -122 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.
eVTOL footprint
The 72 ft pad is 28 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation258 ft136 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions72 ft side (filed)72 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filedterrain cross-checked
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.