🇺🇸 Potomac Hospital Helistop

Potomac Hospital Helistop (US-10260) in Woodbridge, US, is classified as CLOSED. Its closure is directly related to the acquisition and rebranding of Potomac Hospital. Potomac Hospital merged with Sentara Healthcare in December 2009, and officially became Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center on April 16, 2012. While a precise closure date for the US-10260 helistop is not explicitly stated, it is understood to have occurred around this transition period.

Historically, the helistop served Potomac Hospital, which opened in 1972 and was a crucial community hospital in eastern Prince William, southern Fairfax, and northern Stafford Counties, significantly reducing travel time for medical care. Air medical services, such as MedSTAR Transport, began operating in the broader Washington D.C. area, including Prince William County, in 1983, transporting critical care patients to larger medical centers. This indicates that the Potomac Hospital Helistop likely played a role in facilitating such transfers during its operational years.

The site of the former Potomac Hospital Helistop continues to function as a medical facility under the name Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. The hospital maintains a helipad for ongoing air ambulance operations, suggesting the original helistop was either directly replaced, upgraded, or rebranded at the same general hospital campus to continue supporting emergency medical transport.