Riverside Hospital Heliport

The heliport's closure was a direct consequence of the closure of Riverside Hospital itself. In 2002, the hospital's parent company, ProMedica Health System, consolidated its services and moved all acute care operations from Riverside Hospital to its main Toledo Hospital campus. This strategic and economic decision made the Riverside facility, including its dedicated heliport, redundant.

The site is now vacant land. After closing in 2002, the Riverside Hospital building stood empty for over 15 years. The entire complex, including the structure that housed or was adjacent to the heliport, was demolished between late 2018 and 2019. The location at the given coordinates is now a large, empty, grass-covered lot on the east bank of the Maumee River. The property is still owned by ProMedica.

The Riverside Hospital Heliport was a vital piece of infrastructure for emergency medical services in the Toledo region. Its primary and sole function was to support medical air transport. The heliport handled helicopter operations for medical evacuations (medevac), bringing critically injured patients from accident scenes directly to the hospital's Level II trauma center. It also facilitated rapid inter-hospital transfers for patients requiring specialized care available at Riverside. For many years, it was a key landing zone for air ambulance services like ProMedica's Life Flight, playing a crucial role in the 'golden hour' of emergency medicine and saving countless lives by reducing transport times.

There are zero prospects for reopening the heliport. The hospital it was built to serve has been permanently closed and demolished. ProMedica has fully consolidated its trauma and emergency air transport services at the ProMedica Toledo Hospital campus, which operates its own modern heliport. The land of the former Riverside Hospital is slated for potential future redevelopment, but there are no plans for it to include a hospital or an aviation facility.