Hunt Ahp Heliport
17AL · Fort Rucker (Newton), Alabama · Dale County · map
Hunt Ahp Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Army Aviation Ctr & Fort Novosel, 2 miles north of Fort Rucker (Newton), Alabama, 263 feet above sea level. It has 5 landing pads.
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 17AL
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aviation Ctr & Fort Novosel
- Elevation
- 263 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, attended durg schedule training.
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2002
Landing pads 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt | |
| H2 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt | |
| H3 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt | |
| H4 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt | |
| H5 | 1,000 × 75 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 141.5 | |
| Operations | 126.2 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ozark/Blackwell Field (4 nm northwest), Dothan Regional (8 nm southeast), Headland Municipal (14 nm east), Enterprise Municipal (17 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ozark/Blackwell Field (4 nm northwest), Dothan Regional (8 nm southeast), Headland Municipal (14 nm east), Enterprise Municipal (17 nm west).
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 Alabama · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Rucker (Newton) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Rucker (Newton), AL as the owner's town.
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
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,342 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/17AL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 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.