# Northwest Family Hospital Heliport (IN79)

**Northwest Family Hospital Heliport** (FAA: IN79) is a heliport in Gary, Indiana, United States. It opened in Mar 1974.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/in79

## At a glance

- FAA: IN79
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Gary, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Mar 1974
- Elevation: 588 ft / 179 m
- Coordinates: 41.5998, -87.3489
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61668567
- Weather station: KGYY
- Ident: IN79

## Timeline

- Mar 1974: Northwest Family Hospital Heliport opens.

## Helipads

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

## Nearby airports

- [GYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgyy.md) Gary/Chicago International Airport · 3.5 mi / 5.7 km
- [VPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpz.md) Porter County Municipal Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [MGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmgc.md) Michigan City Municipal Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 39 mi / 62 km
- [IKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kikk.md) Greater Kankakee Airport · 45 mi / 72 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/in79/data