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 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
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 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.