Animas Air Park Heliport
56CO · Durango, Colorado · La Plata County · map
Animas Air Park Heliport is a private heliport owned by New Air Helicopters, 4 miles south of Durango, Colorado, 6,660 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 75 feet of asphalt.
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 56CO
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- New Air Helicopters
- Elevation
- 6,660 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1978
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 75 ft | Asphalt |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
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: Durango-La Plata County (6 nm southeast), Four Corners Regional (33 nm southwest), Cortez Municipal (37 nm west), Stevens Field (39 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Animas Air Park Airport (0 nm west), Durango-La Plata County (6 nm southeast), Aztec Municipal (23 nm south), Four Corners Regional (33 nm southwest).
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 Colorado · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Durango from the FAA register
110 aircraft are registered to owners in Durango, Colorado: 89 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 4 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 3 business jets. 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 Colorado.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Durango:
- Colorado Highland Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate Colorado Highland Helicopters is a helicopter flight school and charter operator based in Durango, Colorado.
- Gregg Flying Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Gregg Flying Service is a family-owned flight school, aircraft rental, and maintenance operation based at Animas Airpark near Durango, Colorado.
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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Durango 110 aircraft · 89 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 4 helicopters
- Gregg Flying Service INC 4 aircraft in town
- Lll Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Allen Airplane LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Colorado Highland Aviation 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Gregg Flying Service, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Colorado 76 landing places
- Colorado 7,453 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/56CO.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 October 29, 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.