Schumpert Clinic South Heliport

The heliport was closed as a direct result of the closure of the Christus Schumpert Medical Center. The parent company, Christus Health, made a strategic and economic decision to consolidate its Shreveport operations into its other local facility, the Christus Highland Medical Center. With the hospital's emergency and trauma services ceasing at this location, the heliport became obsolete.

The heliport is permanently closed and non-operational. The physical helipad structure is still visible on the roof of a southern building within the former hospital complex. The entire former Christus Schumpert campus on Margaret Place is currently undergoing a massive, multi-phase redevelopment into a mixed-use community. The site is being transformed with new residential, commercial, and recreational spaces, and many of the old hospital buildings are being repurposed or demolished. The building with the heliport is inactive and part of this redevelopment zone.

Schumpert Clinic South Heliport was a private-use rooftop heliport integral to the operations of the Christus Schumpert Medical Center, a major healthcare provider in the region. Its sole purpose was to support the hospital's Level III Trauma Center and emergency department. The heliport facilitated the rapid arrival and departure of air ambulance helicopters, most notably the 'Life Air Rescue' service, which transported critically ill or injured patients from accident scenes and smaller regional hospitals throughout the Ark-La-Tex (Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas) area. For decades, it was a critical piece of infrastructure in the region's emergency medical services network, enabling life-saving care by minimizing transport time for patients in critical condition.

There are no plans or prospects for reopening the heliport. Its function was exclusively tied to the hospital, which no longer exists at this location. Emergency medical helicopter services for Shreveport are now concentrated at other major medical centers with active trauma centers, such as Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Willis-Knighton Medical Center. The redevelopment of the site for non-medical purposes makes the reactivation of a heliport highly improbable.