Thomas Nelson Comm College Heliport

The specific reason for the heliport's closure is not officially documented. It was a private facility, and such closures are often not widely publicized. The most likely reasons include: discontinuation of a specific educational program that required its use, high operational or insurance costs for the college, liability concerns, or a general lack of use that led the college to repurpose the land for more pressing needs, such as campus parking.

The site of the former heliport has been fully repurposed. Current satellite and ground-level imagery show that the location at coordinates 37.063099, -76.416397 is now a paved parking lot for the college, which was renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College (VPCC) in 2022. There are no remaining traces or markings of the former heliport.

The Thomas Nelson Comm College Heliport was a private heliport located directly on the campus of what was then Thomas Nelson Community College. Its ICAO identifier, US-10097, is a non-official code typically assigned by data aggregators to minor or historical airfields, indicating it was likely a small-scale operation. Its primary function was probably tied to a specific curriculum, such as an aerospace or engineering technology program, potentially in partnership with the nearby NASA Langley Research Center or Langley Air Force Base. It may have also been used for administrative purposes or for transporting VIPs and guest lecturers to the college. Its historical significance is localized and directly related to the college's activities during its period of operation.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the heliport. The land has been integrated into the campus's infrastructure as a parking lot, and there has been no public discussion or indication from the college of any intent to re-establish an aviation facility on the site.