Urbana Area Medical Heliport

The precise reason is not officially documented. It was not closed due to a major incident, accident, or the economic failure of the associated medical facility. The most probable reason is an administrative or operational change. This could include:
1. **De-listing:** The heliport was de-listed from official registers as it may no longer have met specific maintenance, lighting, or safety requirements for a formal heliport.
2. **Operational Redundancy:** Modern EMS helicopter services are highly proficient at landing in safe, unprepared landing zones (LZs). The need to maintain a formally registered heliport at the clinic may have become redundant, with crews opting to use the site or other nearby locations on an as-needed basis.

The physical site of the former heliport is the lawn and grounds of the still-operational CMH Urbana Clinic, located at 100 S. Business Hwy 65, Urbana, MO. Satellite imagery shows a flat, open, grassy area adjacent to the clinic building that is suitable for helicopter landings. While it is no longer a formally designated or marked heliport, this space remains a viable, ad-hoc landing zone that can be used by EMS helicopters for patient transport when required. There is no remaining infrastructure (e.g., painted markings, lighting, windsock) of a formal heliport.

The Urbana Area Medical Heliport was a private-use heliport located at and serving the Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) Urbana Clinic. Its sole purpose was to support Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and medevac operations. When active, it served as a critical transfer point for air ambulances (helicopters) to rapidly transport patients with life-threatening injuries or medical conditions from the rural Urbana community to larger, more advanced trauma and specialty care centers in cities like Springfield and Bolivar, Missouri. Its significance was entirely functional and local, providing a vital link in the region's chain of emergency medical care.

There are no known plans or prospects to formally reopen or re-register the site as an official heliport. The concept of 'reopening' is not entirely applicable in this context, as emergency helicopter services can, and likely would, still use the site as a landing zone based on immediate operational need and a safety assessment by the pilot. A formal re-designation would only occur if the clinic or regional EMS providers identified a compelling need for a registered, permanently marked, and maintained facility, which is unlikely given current EMS operational practices.