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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
⚠ Location-suspect — recorded coordinates may be mislocated
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 777.5 ft MSL · USGS ground 450 ft · Δ 327 ft
Differential consistent with an elevated / rooftop pad
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
Ground-level — no building footprint at the coordinate
Cross-source consensus
⚠ Sources conflict — FAA elevation sits above terrain, but no building is at the coordinate
Either a freestanding / tower pad or a mislocated coordinate — independent verification recommended.
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 40 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 60 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 40 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
60 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.
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.
FAA facility data
FAA LID
TE43
AIX ID
aix:hp:8E9KDR2S
Lat / Lng
32.81139, -96.83722
Elevation
777.5 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
60 × 60 ft
Surface type
MATS
Surface condition
GOOD
Activation date
1988/03
Last owner update
2021/04/30
Situations open at this facility1
highsuspect record with trafficopened 2026-09-14 · situation-rules-v1
Record flagged as possibly mislocated at a hospital pad, with 4 observed eVTOL flights in the last 30 days at 1 endpoint within 15 nm (nearest KDFW, 11 nm): aircraft may be routed to a position the record does not support.
Situations are rules-based inferences across the obstruction, observed-operations and record layers, re-evaluated nightly; each carries its evidence and closes when the condition no longer holds.
FAA OEAAA airspace determinations3
Airspace clearance
On file as archived / procedural records — no standing clearance to track.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2015-06-09
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-ASW-3788-NRA2015-08-17
Heliport · 150 ft AGL — Construct new hospital heliport with two pads. This will replace one or both of the existing pads (0XA0 or TE453). Note existing special SIAP. Opening August 2015.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2002-ASW-5521-NRA2006-11-14
Other · 519 ft AGL — CONST. NEW PARKING FACILITY (114'AGL) ADJACENT TO TWO EXISTINGHELIPADS. PARKLAND HOSP. HELIPAD (ELEV. 498' AGL) AND H DIVISION HELIPAD (ELEV. 548'AGL). MAX CRANE HEIGHT DURING CONST IS 585' AGL.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2000-ASW-5508-NRA2002-09-05
Other · 0 ft AGL — REACTIVATE HELIPAD.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
66/100
DATA INTEGRITY
eVTOL footprint
The 60 ft pad is 40 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation777.5 ftnot cross-checked
Structurenot on recordGround-level
Pad dimensions60 ft side (filed)60 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filed⚠ location-suspect
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.