Pentagon Army Heliport

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Pentagon Army Heliport
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An MV-22B from HMX-1 overflying the heliport in 2017
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Owner/OperatorFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Location The Pentagon
Elevation  AMSL 60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates 38°52.26′N77°03.27′W / 38.87100°N 77.05450°W / 38.87100; -77.05450
Maps
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NGA diagram of the heliport
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Airplane silhouette.svg
Pentagon AHP
Location in Virginia
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
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100x10030x30Concrete

Pentagon Army Heliport( ICAO : KJPN, FAA LID : JPN) is a military heliport serving the Pentagon. It consists of a single pentagon-shaped helipad and is located on the northern side of the Pentagon building. [1] [2] It is used for ferrying VIPs such as military leaders and foreign guests to and from the Pentagon by helicopter or tilt-rotor aircraft. [3] It replaced a previous helipad on the west side of the building adjacent to the impact site of the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 on 11 September 2001 and which was closed to create the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial.

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References

  1. 1 2 FAA Airport Form 5010 for JPN PDF , retrieved 2021-09-16
  2. 1 2 DoD Flight Information Publication (Enroute) - VFR Supplement United States (PDF). St. Louis, Missouri: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2008. p. 217. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-30.
  3. "Japanese Minister of Defense visits Pentagon". DVIDS. 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2021-09-16.