Pentagon Army Heliport

Pentagon Army Heliport
An MV-22B from HMX-1 overflying the heliport in 2017
IATA: none ICAO: KJPN FAA LID: JPN
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner/Operator	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
NGA diagram of the heliport
Pentagon AHP Location in Virginia
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m 100x100 30x30 Concrete
Source: Federal Aviation Administration, [1] DoD FLIP [2]

Pentagon Army Heliport( ICAO : KJPN, FAA LID : JPN) is a military heliport serving the Pentagon in the U.S. state of Virginia. 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.

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for JPN PDF , retrieved 2021-09-16
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.