AirIndex Research · FAA LID FL70

WFLA-TV 8

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

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Data integrity

54/100
Self-reportedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 60 ft MSL · USGS ground 13 ft · Δ 47 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 64 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 FATO36 ft
The recorded pad is 64 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
36 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 2026-ASO-5574-OE: CIR (study in circularization — under FAA review)
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
FL70
AIX ID
aix:hp:QB9G2C9N
Lat / Lng
27.94379, -82.46177
Elevation
60 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
36 × 36 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2001/02
Last owner update
2025/01/14

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations1

Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Nearby obstructions (OE/AAA-determined structures)
1 structure determined near the pad · tallest 322 ft AGL
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2026-03-13 · 1 in the last 24 months
  • OECIRASN 2026-ASO-5574-OE
    BUILDING · 322 ft AGL — Bldg G-K
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
54/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
GROUND 13ftROOFTOP 77ftbldg ~64ftFAA FILED 60ft

The FAA record places this pad at 60 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 77 ft — a +17 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.

eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 36 ft

The 36 ft pad is 64 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation60 ft77 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions36 ft side (filed)36 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:QB9G2C9N · Methodology →
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WFLA-TV 8, TAMPA, FL (FAA FL70). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:QB9G2C9N. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:QB9G2C9N.

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