AirIndex Research · FAA LID NJ53

NJ HWY AUTH-ADMIN BLDG HELISPOT

FORDS, NJ — New York metro. Operational · Private use.

OperationalPrivate usePublic
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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 112 ft MSL · USGS ground 143 ft · Δ -31 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Rooftop pad — the coordinate falls on a building footprint
Building height ≈ 27 ft — measured independently of the FAA record
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

InfeasibleConversion feasibility · obstruction screen
100 ft · eVTOL FATO100 ft
This pad already covers the eVTOL landing footprint as it stands.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
100 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 determinationUNKNOWN
FAA OE/AAA airspace determination data integration pending.
Q3 · State enforcementUNKNOWN
State enforcement posture not yet assessed.
Q4 · NFPA 418UNKNOWN
NFPA 418 adoption status not yet assessed for this jurisdiction.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
NJ53
AIX ID
aix:hp:SN9V4MF0
Lat / Lng
40.53733, -74.29820
Elevation
112 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
100 × 100 ft
Surface type
CONC
Surface condition
GOOD
Activation date
1972/05
Last owner update
2023/10/13

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations0

No FAA OEAAA determinations linked to this facility.

Safety history (NTSB)1

Accident history

1 NTSB helicopter event within 3 nm since 2010 (1 accident); most recent 2011-03-22.

  • ACCIDENT2.6 nm
    2011-03-22
    ROBINSON R22 · Goshen, NYNTSB 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
54/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
GROUND 143ftROOFTOP 171ftbldg ~27ftFAA FILED 112ft

The FAA record places this pad at 112 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 171 ft — a +59 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.

eVTOL footprint
FATO 100 ft reqHTLOF 100 ft

Footprint assessment available.

SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation112 ft171 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordRooftop pad
Pad dimensions100 ft side (filed)100 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:SN9V4MF0 · Methodology →
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NJ HWY AUTH-ADMIN BLDG HELISPOT, FORDS, NJ (FAA NJ53). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:SN9V4MF0. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:SN9V4MF0.

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