Ketchikan /Temsco H/ Heliport
17AK · Ketchikan, Alaska · Ketchikan Gateway County · map
Ketchikan /Temsco H/ Heliport is a private heliport, 4 miles northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, 5 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 150 by 50 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17AK
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 5 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Ketchikan sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1965
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 150 × 50 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ketchikan International (2 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Peninsula Point Pullout Seaplane Base (0 nm northwest), Ketchikan International (2 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Located northeast corner of peninsula point pullout.
- Landing and takeoff of wheeled aircraft NA.
- Landing, takeoff and operations in seaplane tiedown and pulllout area NA.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ketchikan from the FAA register
118 aircraft are registered to owners in Ketchikan, Alaska: 60 piston singles, 48 helicopters, 9 turboprops, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Ketchikan:
- Temsco Helicopters, Inc 45 aircraft on the certificate TEMSCO Helicopters operates helicopter tour services in Alaska from bases in Juneau, Skagway, and Denali.
- Taquan Air (Venture Travel, LLC) 10 aircraft on the certificate Taquan Air operates flightseeing tours and scheduled floatplane flights in Southeast Alaska from Ketchikan.
- Misty Fjords Air and Outfitting, Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate Misty Fjords Air & Outfitting, Inc.
- Seawind Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate Seawind Aviation is a family-owned seaplane operator based in Ketchikan, Alaska, offering flightseeing tours, charter flights, and scheduled service to remote locations in Southeast Alaska.
- Helicopter Air Alaska, LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Island Wings Air Service LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Island Wings Air Service operates scenic floatplane tours from Ketchikan, Alaska, offering flightseeing tours of Misty Fjords National Monument and glacier viewing, bear viewing tours, fly-out fishing trips, hiking tours, and Forest Service
- Family Air Tours, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Family Air Tours operates scenic and fishing flights from Ketchikan, Alaska, using a Cessna 185 floatplane to access remote lakes, rivers, and wilderness areas throughout Southeast Alaska.
- Pirate Airworks, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Ketchikan:
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Hiring here openings at the schools, FBOs, operators and repair stations at or in the town of this heliport, from their own websites
| Opening | Employer | Where | Kind | Pay, as stated | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour Sales & Services Manager | Taquan Air | Ketchikan, Alabama | Management, sales and office | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Freight/Dock Hand | Taquan Air | Ketchikan, Alabama | Other aviation jobs | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Seasonal Seaplane Pilot | Taquan Air | Ketchikan, Alabama | Pilots, charter and corporate | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Seasonal Base Mechanic | Temsco Helicopters, INC | Juneau, Alaska | Mechanics and inspectors | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Experienced Field Mechanic | Temsco Helicopters, INC | Alaska | Mechanics and inspectors | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Seasonal Support Staff | Temsco Helicopters, INC | Juneau, Alaska | Other aviation jobs | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Seasonal Tour Pilot | Temsco Helicopters, INC | Alaska | Pilots, charter and corporate | — | November 7, 2026 |
| Seasonal Field/Contract Pilot | Temsco Helicopters, INC | Alaska | Pilots, charter and corporate | — | November 7, 2026 |
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ketchikan 118 aircraft · 60 piston singles, 48 helicopters, 9 turboprops
- Temsco Helicopters INC 40 aircraft in town
- Blue Aircraft LLC 9 aircraft in town
- V2 Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Single Otter Leasing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Temsco Helicopters, Inc 45 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Taquan Air (Venture Travel, LLC) 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Misty Fjords Air and Outfitting, Inc 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Seawind Aviation, Inc. 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Temsco Helicopters, INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/17AK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.