# East Jefferson General Hospital Heliport (LS85)

**East Jefferson General Hospital Heliport** (FAA: LS85) is a heliport in Metairie, Louisiana, United States. It opened in Mar 1991.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ls85

## At a glance

- FAA: LS85
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Metairie, Louisiana, United States
- Opened: Mar 1991
- Elevation: 37 ft / 11 m
- Coordinates: 30.0128, -90.1819
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61672594
- Weather station: KMSY · WMO 72231
- Ident: LS85

## Timeline

- Mar 1991: East Jefferson General Hospital Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 75 ft / 23 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Nearby airports

- [MSY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsy.md) Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · 5.1 mi / 8.3 km
- [NEW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knew.md) Lakefront Airport · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [NBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knbg.md) New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field · 16 mi / 25 km
- [BTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbtr.md) Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [GPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgpt.md) Gulfport Biloxi International Airport · 72 mi / 115 km
- [BIX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbix.md) Keesler Air Force Base · 80 mi / 129 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/ls85/data