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CARE FLIGHT

TAMPA, FL — Tampa metro. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

79/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 29 ft MSL · USGS ground 31 ft · Δ -2 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
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 →

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 60 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 40 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.
100 ft · eVTOL FATO40 ft
The recorded pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
40 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.

FAA compliance

Q1 · FAA registrationPASS
Active FAA NASR 5010 record.
Q2 · Airspace determinationON_FILE
OE/AAA ASN 2025-ASO-2393-OE: DET-DNE
Q3 · State enforcementSTRONG
State has adopted FAA AC as enforceable.
Q4 · NFPA 418ADOPTED
Jurisdiction has adopted NFPA 418 in fire/building code.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
FL38
AIX ID
aix:hp:KSQPSF6S
Lat / Lng
27.98300, -82.49178
Elevation
29 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
80 × 40 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
1977/09
Last owner update
2025/12/01

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations15

Airspace clearance
Airspace clearance on file has lapsed — a re-filing may be needed for new/continued operations. Does not by itself reclassify the existing structure as a hazard.
Clearance posture: expired 16d ago
Nearby obstructions (OE/AAA-determined structures)
14 structures determined near the pad · tallest 150 ft AGL
Active construction (crane / in-progress) filed recently — obstruction environment is changing.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2026-08-14 · 14 in the last 24 months
  • OEDET-EBO-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16308-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 150 ft AGL — 23819-42705 (Crane)
  • OEDET-EBO-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16345-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 150 ft AGL — 23881-42466 (Crane)
  • OEDET-EBO-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16212-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 150 ft AGL — 23815-42674 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16347-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 130 ft AGL — 24213-42420(Crane)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16361-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 130 ft AGL — 24214-42404 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPcurrent (516d)ASN 2026-ASO-16357-OE
    2026-08-25
    CRANE · 130 ft AGL — 24213-42379 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPexpired 16d agoASN 2025-ASO-4154-OE
    2025-03-11
    CRANE$MOBILE · 130 ft AGL — 23881-42466 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNEexpired 45d agoASN 2025-ASO-2393-OE
    2025-02-13
    BUILDING · 127 ft AGL — St. Joseph's Children's Hospital
  • OEDET-DNEexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-145-OE
    2025-02-05
    TRANSMISSION_LINE$T_L_TOWER · 80 ft AGL — 23901-42459 (Pole)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-148-OE
    2025-02-05
    CRANE$MOBILE · 130 ft AGL — 23901-42466 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNEexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-149-OE
    2025-02-05
    TRANSMISSION_LINE$T_L_TOWER · 80 ft AGL — 23920-42466 (Pole)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-146-OE
    2025-02-05
    CRANE$MOBILE · 130 ft AGL — 23901-42459 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-150-OE
    2025-02-05
    CRANE$MOBILE · 130 ft AGL — 23920-42466 (Crane)
  • OEDET-DNEexpired 53d agoASN 2025-ASO-147-OE
    2025-02-05
    TRANSMISSION_LINE$T_L_TOWER · 80 ft AGL — 23901-42466 (Pole)
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2011-ASO-477-NRA
    2011-06-20
    Heliport · 0 ft AGL — This case is for the relocation of the Care Flight (FL38) heliport by approximately 450 ft. The heliport name will also be changed to St. Joseph's Hospital Heliport. See attached documents for more information.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
79/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 40 ft

The 40 ft pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation29 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions40 ft side (filed)40 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

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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:KSQPSF6S · Methodology →
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