# Med West-Hoover Heliport (8AL1)

**Med West-Hoover Heliport** (FAA: 8AL1) is a heliport in Hoover, Alabama, United States. It opened in Sep 2016.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8al1

## At a glance

- FAA: 8AL1
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Hoover, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Sep 2016
- Elevation: 600 ft / 183 m
- Coordinates: 33.3548, -86.8561
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671463
- Weather station: KEKY
- Ident: 8AL1

## Timeline

- Sep 2016: Med West-Hoover Heliport opens.

## Helipads

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

## Nearby airports

- [KEET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keet.md) Shelby County Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [BHM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbhm.md) Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [TCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktcl.md) Tuscaloosa National Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [ANB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kanb.md) Anniston Regional Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [MXF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmxf.md) Maxwell Air Force Base · 73 mi / 117 km
- [MGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmgm.md) Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) Airport · 78 mi / 125 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/8al1/data