# South Boston Medical Heliport (5VA0)

**South Boston Medical Heliport** (FAA: 5VA0) is a heliport in South Boston, Virginia, United States. It opened in Nov 1990.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5va0

## At a glance

- FAA: 5VA0
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: South Boston, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Nov 1990
- Elevation: 460 ft / 140 m
- Coordinates: 36.7185, -78.9086
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61725580
- Weather station: KW78
- Ident: 5VA0

## Timeline

- Nov 1990: South Boston Medical Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 40 ft / 12 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Concrete |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [W63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kw63.md) Lake Country Regional Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [DAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdan.md) Danville Regional Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [LYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klyh.md) Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · 45 mi / 72 km
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 58 mi / 94 km
- [GSO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgso.md) Piedmont Triad International Airport · 71 mi / 115 km
- [ROA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroa.md) Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · 72 mi / 116 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5va0/data