Medivac Helipads

[jaymatt1978]

Let me say I have posted a question like this before but I can't find it. Every now and then I head over the Teterboro tower "such and such landing Meadowlands", which I figured out it's Meadowlands Hospital helipad for a medivac landing. My question is do ALL medivacs check into the nearest control tower when they're landing at a hospital??

 

[majoco]

If the hospital is in the tower control zone then yes, of course. Can't have uncontrolled aircraft just going where they like.

 

[RBFunk]

I don't know for sure but a pilot friend of mine told me that Teterboro clears a large bit of airspace for HUMC's chopper. I don't have a section chart but if Meadowlands hospital is in Teterboro's air space then the tower would want to know exactly where a medic flight is.

 

[jaymatt1978]

'So is the Meadowlands hospital in the Teterboro airspace??

 

[RBFunk]

I've looked at the chart at SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts and I would say that the Meadowlands Hospital is within Teterboro's control.