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US-3178 Weather Medical City Dallas Rooftop Heliport

Dallas, TexasHeliport
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE
Nearest report: KADS · 5 NM NW · More than 1 hour old
No ceiling, visibility 10 SM.
No on-field report, so no field flight category. Conditions at the field may differ.
OFF-FIELD REFERENCE · KADS
WIND
160@7
steady
VISIBILITY
10 SM
16.1 km
CEILING
None
no BKN/OVC layer
FORECAST & PILOT NOTES · SUPPLEMENTAL

Extended forecast and pilot notes

No aviation METAR is published for this airport. The nearest National Weather Service station reports visibility 10 SM. Treat this as supplemental, not an aviation observation. Forecast suggests this afternoon partly sunny, high near 81F, low near 62F, 4% chance of precipitation. Key risks: thunderstorms in the forecast.

PILOT WEATHER NOTES
Thunderstorms in the forecastWeather.gov
Saturday: Chance Showers And Thunderstorms. Watch for developing convection and plan alternates.
DayConditionsTemp FWindGustsPrecipPilot note
This Afternoon Partly Sunny 81/62 ESE 4 kt – 4%
Tuesday Mostly Sunny 83/63 SSE 9 kt – 7%
Wednesday Mostly Sunny 85/66 SSE 9 kt 17 kt 2%
Thursday Partly Sunny 83/65 SSE 9 kt – 15%
Friday Rain Showers Likely 75/61 ESE 9 kt – 55%
Saturday Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 77/63 SSE 4 kt – 40% Thunderstorms in the forecast
Sunday Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers 83/67 S 9 kt – 21%

Source: National Weather Service (office FWD). Forecast issued 1854Z.

Radar

Radar data: NOAA/NWS MRMS composite reflectivity. For situational awareness only, not a substitute for an official weather briefing.

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RUNWAYS & WIND
Crosswind calculator
No runway layout is available for US-3178. Enter a runway number or heading to estimate wind components.
DAYLIGHT & NIGHT

Sun & logging windows

Sunset
2341Z 6:41 PM
Sunrise
1240Z 7:40 AM
Loggable night
0007Z (7:07 PM local) → 1215Z (7:15 AM local)
end of evening to start of morning civil twilight
Position lights required
2341Z (6:41 PM local) → 1240Z (7:40 AM local)
sunset to sunrise (91.209)
Night passenger currency
0041Z (7:41 PM local) → 1140Z (6:40 AM local)
1 hr after sunset to 1 hr before sunrise (61.57(b))

FAA definitions, shown in Zulu with airport-local time. Verify for your operation.

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Facility & services

Medical City Dallas Rooftop Heliport is in Dallas, Texas. Airport facts are drawn from OurAirports and the FAA NASR dataset.

OPERATIONS & CONTACT
TypeHeliport
CHARTS & AIRSPACE
ICAO / IATAUS-3178
RegionTexas
CountryUnited States
Coordinates32.9131, -96.7736
SERVICES & LIGHTING
Control towerNon-towered
AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY

US-3178 traffic patterns

2026-09-04 to 2026-10-23, 14 days observed · data 2026-10-25

Medium confidence
TRAFFIC VOLUME (30-DAY)
AVG LANDINGS/DAY
0.4
AVG OPS/DAY
1.3
Activity trend over 11 days: flat, from 1 to 1 operations per dayOperations trend (11 days)

Busiest day: Sat · Busiest month: Oct

FLEET MIX
Helicopter 71%Piston single 29%

Mostly rotorcraft.

TOP AIRCRAFT TYPES
›B06 (Helicopter) · ~1 landings/mo
›B407 (Helicopter) · ~1 landings/mo
›C172 (Piston single) · ~1 landings/mo
›EC35 (Helicopter) · ~1 landings/mo
›B429 (Helicopter) · ~0 landings/mo
Data limitations (4)
›ADS-B coverage is incomplete; counts are an observed lower bound, not official totals.
›Some aircraft do not transmit usable ADS-B and are not counted.
›Aircraft types and based estimates are inferred and may be wrong.
›This is not official ATC, FAA, or airport data.
NEARBY AIRPORTS

Weather reference stations

US-3178 has no on-field report. Nearest reporting station: KADS (5 NM NW, VFR).

KADS Addison Airport
5 NM NW
VFR
KDAL Dallas Love Field
6 NM SW
VFR
KDFW Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
13 NM W
VFR
KRBD Dallas Executive Airport
15 NM S
VFR
KAFW Perot Field/Fort Worth Alliance Airport
28 NM W
VFR
KTRL Terrell Municipal Airport
28 NM SE
VFR
OFFICIAL LINKS & SOURCES
↗Search NOTAMs (official FAA NOTAM Search)
↗US-3178 on OurAirports
FREQUENTLY ASKED
Does US-3178 have a METAR?
No on-field METAR is issued for US-3178. This page uses the nearest reporting station as a reference.
Does US-3178 have a TAF?
No TAF is issued directly for US-3178. Use the nearest TAF-issuing field as a planning reference.
Is this an official preflight weather briefing for US-3178?
No. wxdecoder.com is for education and situational awareness only. It is not an official weather briefing or a substitute for official sources, NOTAM review, and pilot judgment.
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