# Carilion Patient Transportation Services Heliport (VG47)

**Carilion Patient Transportation Services Heliport** (FAA: VG47) is a heliport in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It opened in Dec 1982.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vg47

## At a glance

- FAA: VG47
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
- Opened: Dec 1982
- Elevation: 946 ft / 288 m
- Coordinates: 37.2521, -79.9498
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61725556
- Weather station: KROA · WMO 72411
- Ident: VG47

## Timeline

- Dec 1982: Carilion Patient Transportation Services Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 100 ft / 31 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Concrete |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [ROA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroa.md) Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport · 5.3 mi / 8.5 km
- [LYH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klyh.md) Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field · 42 mi / 67 km
- [LWB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klwb.md) Greenbrier Valley Airport · 49 mi / 78 km
- [DAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdan.md) Danville Regional Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [BLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kblf.md) Mercer County Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [BKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkw.md) Raleigh County Memorial Airport · 74 mi / 119 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/vg47/data