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RICHARDSON RGNL - BUSH HWY

RICHARDSON, TX — Dallas metro. Operational · Private use.

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Data integrity

61/100
CorroboratedData Integrity Index
Independent inspection
Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 615 ft MSL · USGS ground 617 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

CONDITIONALConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
Clear
No obstructions within 0.5 nm on the FAA obstacle file.
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
Conditional
Obstruction screen passed. Geometry and structural capacity remain open. Site validation required.
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
OE3A archive: ASN 2016-ASW-5264-NRA determined 2016-11-04
Q3 · State enforcementLIMITED
State has limited enforcement of FAA standards.
Q4 · NFPA 418PARTIAL
IBC references NFPA 418 for rooftop facilities. Standalone fire code reference not confirmed.

FAA facility data

FAA LID
XA40
AIX ID
aix:hp:04BM5GA0
Lat / Lng
32.99619, -96.66562
Elevation
615 ft MSL
Pad dimensions
40 × 40 ft
Surface type
CONC
Activation date
2011/02
Last owner update
2021/01/11

FAA OEAAA airspace determinations5

Airspace clearance
Airspace clearance on file is current.
Clearance posture: current (511d)
Nearby obstructions (OE/AAA-determined structures)
1 structure determined near the pad · tallest 180 ft AGL
Active construction (crane / in-progress) filed recently — obstruction environment is changing.
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2026-08-13 · 1 in the last 24 months
  • OEDET-DNE-TMPcurrent (511d)ASN 2026-ASW-13398-OE
    2026-08-20
    CRANE · 180 ft AGL — Cue 6997/DA01369B
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2016-ASW-5264-NRA
    2016-11-04
    Construction Safety Plan · 175 ft AGL — This will be a one-day (11/3/16) use of on-site hydraulic crane to lift man-basket in place for glass window replacements on main hospital facility.\r\nDaytime operations only with aviation flag.\r\nCrane will not swing over helipad but will be in one of three departure flight paths.\r\nNotam will be issued to all providers\r\nTerry Burkley - 214.947.8447 - Office\r\n214.957.0332 - cell
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2012-ASW-5528-NRA
    2013-02-28
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Notice of the relocation of XA40. The existing helipad is closed during the relocation and construction of a new main hospital building. No temporary location has been established due to overall campus construction activity and a safe landing area is not available.\r\n\r\nThe relocated helipad will be constructed at the location provided via the coordinates in this aeronautical study. The heliport is planned to be open and operational in the fall of 2014.
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2012-ASW-6172-NRA
    2013-02-28
    Heliport · 1 ft AGL — Methodist Richardson Medical Center Heliport - XA40\r\n2931 East President George Bush Tollroad\r\nRichardson Texas 75082\r\n\r\nThis study is for the proposed temporary relocation of the helipad. A parking lot has been cleared and a RED cross has been painted in the center of the tempoary helipad. A separate study for the permanent relocation of the heliport has been filed.
  • NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2009-ASW-668-NRA
    2010-06-23
    Heliport · 0 ft AGL — Establish (NEW) private use hospital helipad at Bush Highway location.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
61/100
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 elevation615 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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Provenance FAA NASR 5010 · USGS 3DEP terrain · Overture structure · eVTOL screen conversion-feasibility-1.1 · AIX-ID aix:hp:04BM5GA0 · Methodology →
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