Lyndon Fire Protection District Heliport

The 'closure' was an administrative de-listing, not a physical shutdown for a specific event. The most likely reasons include: 1) A cleanup of aviation databases to remove non-registered or inactive sites. 2) Changes in regional emergency medical service (EMS) protocols, which increasingly favor landing helicopters closer to an incident scene (e.g., on highways or in fields) rather than at fixed-base helipads. 3) The land being fully repurposed by the fire district for more pressing needs like vehicle parking and training grounds.

The site is the rear parking lot and training area for the Lyndon Fire Protection District Station 1, located at 8126 New La Grange Road in Lyndon, Kentucky. Satellite imagery confirms the area is a large, paved lot used for firefighter training, vehicle maneuvering, and parking. There are no current markings (such as a painted 'H' in a circle) to indicate an active or designated helipad. While an emergency landing might still be possible, it is no longer a formally recognized or maintained heliport.

This was not a public airport or a commercial heliport. Its sole function was to support emergency services. When active, the landing pad at the Lyndon Fire Protection District headquarters served as a designated rendezvous point for air ambulance (medevac) helicopters. Ground ambulances would bring critically ill or injured patients to the station to be transferred to the helicopter for rapid transport to a trauma center or specialized hospital. Its operations were intermittent and exclusively for emergency medical, police, or search-and-rescue purposes.

There are no known plans, discussions, or prospects for reopening or re-establishing a formal heliport at this location. The current use of the land as a vital training and parking area for the fire district, combined with the evolution of modern air ambulance procedures, makes its return as a designated heliport highly unlikely.