What Lily Helipads does

Lily Helipads, LLC is a privately held, Indiana-based company founded in 2015 by John Dotlich that designs, manufactures, and installs custom environmentally responsible helipad systems for hospitals, emergency medical services, private and corporate helicopter operators, and — more recently — VTOL/air mobility operators in the United States. Its flagship product, the Lily Helipad™, is a permeable-surface helipad system engineered to capture and contain deicing fluid and fuel spills through an integrated oil-water separator, eliminating contamination of surrounding soils and water sources. The system also incorporates a Snow Ice Melt (SIM) heating element to clear ice and snow from the pad and pathways, low-voltage pilot-controlled LED lighting, and a central controller that allows heating, lighting, security, and camera functions to be operated via smart devices on the ground or in the air. Core technology is protected by U.S. Patent No. US 9,745,704 B1, granted August 29, 2017.

The company operates a project-based, custom-quote business model: each engagement is scoped to site conditions, grading, erosion control, and drainage requirements, with package quotes available for helipads, parking lots, and building expansions. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales, augmented by an aeronautical consultant who provides FAA, State, and local agency design and permitting support plus initial and annual safety training for employees and first responders. The company leverages a small founding team (John Dotlich as Owner/Licensed Helicopter Pilot, Shane Dotlich as Partner/Operations, Edward Lewis on Media Relations) and draws on 25+ years of site-development expertise from the founder's parallel excavating business, Dotlich Contractors, founded in 1991. Distribution is supplemented by an architect continuing-education program delivered through partnerships with Hanley Wood University and AIA Indiana, and product integrations with Pollite (windsocks), BATT-GMBH, and Volatus LLC. A 2019 partnership with Transcend Air positions the company in the emerging zero-emission VTOL landing infrastructure market. No institutional funding has been disclosed, and revenue figures are not publicly available.

Name

Lily Helipads

Legal name

Lily Helipad, LLC

Website

https://lilyhelipads.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lily Helipads, founded in 2015 in Lebanon, Indiana, designs and installs patented permeable, environmentally responsible helipad systems with integrated spill containment, SIM heating, and LED lighting for hospitals, EMS, private operators, and VTOL/air mobility customers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lebanon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Custom Helipad Sales and Installation: The company designs, manufactures, and installs custom permeable helipads. Package quotes are available for helipads, parking lots and building expansions. The revenue is generated through project-based sales with custom quoting based on site conditions, grading, erosion control, and drainage requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lily Helipads designs, manufactures, and installs custom environmentally friendly permeable helipad systems featuring integrated spill containment, snow/ice-melt (SIM) heating, and LED perimeter lighting. The company delivers turnkey helipad projects — from FAA permitting support through site construction — for hospitals, EMS operators, and private/corporate helicopter users.

Product overview

Lily Helipads offers a single unified product line centered on the Lily Helipad™ — an environmentally responsible helipad system that combines permeable surface technology, Snow Ice Melt (SIM) heating, LED lighting, and integrated spill containment. The company provides associated site development, FAA design/permitting consulting, and safety training services. The core helipad product can be equipped with optional features including heating, lighting, security systems, and cameras controlled via a central controller.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• No contamination to surrounding soils or water sources
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Transcend AirflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 May 2019Transcend Air and Lily Helipads announced zero-emission landing spots partnership for VTOL aircraft operations. Transcend Air is developing VTOL aircraft for regional air mobility.
• Hanley Wood UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Starting in fall 2018, Lily Helipads partnered with Hanley Wood University to create a course for continuing education for architects to learn about the design and safety features of a permeable helipad that is environmentally friendly.
• PollitecoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2016Pollite is a windsock manufacturer with frangible fiberglass mast and internally lit windsock products. John Dotlich discovered Pollite while searching for a quality windsock for his personal helipad. This led to a partnership where Pollite products are integrated with Lily Helipads installations.
• Aeronautical ConsultantcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2015The company works with an aeronautical consultant that aids clients with design and permitting to the FAA, State, and local agencies. Consultants can provide initial and annual safety training along with best practice training to employees and first responders.
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerAIA Indiana partnership for architect outreach and education about helipad design and safety standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• TLD Group: TLD Group manufactures aviation ground support equipment (tugs, GPUs, belt loaders) and certain airfield lighting products for airports and helicopter operators. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same aviation ground infrastructure customers, though it does not specialize in permeable helipad surfaces.
• JBT AeroTech: JBT AeroTech supplies ground support equipment, gate equipment, and airfield lighting systems to airports and aviation facilities worldwide. Comparable because its airfield lighting portfolio overlaps with the helipad lighting and ground infrastructure niche Lily Helipads serves, though it is a broad aviation ground support incumbent.
• Honeywell Aerospace: Honeywell Aerospace supplies a broad portfolio of avionics, lighting, and aviation ground systems including helipad-related products. Comparable because it sells into the same hospital, EMS, and corporate helipad end markets as a broad incumbent, though helipads are a small fraction of its overall aerospace portfolio.
• Whelen Engineering: Whelen Engineering manufactures aviation obstruction and warning lighting, including products used on helipads, airports, and tall structures. Comparable because its LED helipad and obstruction lighting components are often specified into the same helipad projects, but Whelen is a broad incumbent across emergency vehicle and aviation lighting rather than a specialist helipad installer.
• ADB SAFEGATE: ADB SAFEGATE is a major airport and helipad lighting, power, and ground-handling solutions provider serving airports, heliports, and airfields globally. Comparable because its helipad lighting portfolio overlaps directly with Lily Helipads' LED lighting/perimeter lighting feature set, but it operates as a broad incumbent across all airport lighting rather than a specialty helipad builder.

Direct peers

• Carmanah Technologies: Carmanah designs and manufactures solar-powered LED aviation lighting including helipad perimeter lights, obstruction lights, and pilot-activated lighting. Comparable because its helipad LED lighting systems compete for the same spec-driven helipad lighting procurement, though it lacks the permeable surface and spill containment system.
• FlightLight Inc. FlightLight manufactures helipad lighting systems (approach lights, perimeter lights, floodlights, pilot control systems) used at hospital, EMS, and offshore helipads. Comparable because it sells integrated lighting and control systems for the same helipad end customers, although it does not offer the permeable surface / spill containment component.

Others

• Pollite: Pollite manufactures frangible fiberglass windsock masts and internally lit windsocks used at helipads and airfields. Listed as a partner/integrator of Lily Helipads, Pollite is comparable as an adjacent aviation ground equipment supplier whose products are commonly co-installed with helipads, rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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