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Martindale Army Heliport
MDASan Antonio, TexasELEV 674 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Martindale Army Heliport (MDA) sits in San Antonio, Texas, where it functions as a heliport. The field lies at an elevation of 674 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
MDA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Stinson Municipal Airport (SSF, 7 nm), San Antonio International Airport (SAT, 8 nm), and Randolph Air Force Base (RND, 8 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MDA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MDA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KMDA
IATA
MDA
FAA / Local
MDA
Elevation
674 ft
Coordinates
29.4313° N · 98.3778° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Heliport
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs TX fields
state range 6–4,849 ft
At 674 ft, MDA sits lower than 50% of the 127 Texas fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 7nmSSFStinson Municipal AirportSan Antonio
- 8nmSATSan Antonio International AirportSan Antonio
- 8nmRNDRandolph Air Force BaseUniversal City
- 11nmSKFLackland Air Force BaseSan Antonio
- 24nmKBAZNew Braunfels National AirportNew Braunfels
- 39nmKHYISan Marcos Regional AirportSan Marcos
Location
Open the full mapKMDA · Martindale Army Heliport · San Antonio, TX