Usfs Chester Heliport
5Q2 · Chester, California · Plumas County · map
Usfs Chester Heliport is a private heliport owned by the U.S. Forest Service, 2 miles southwest of Chester, California, 4,526 feet above sea level. It has 2 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 5Q2
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- U.S. Forest Service
- Elevation
- 4,526 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- JUNE to October, every day, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1972
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete | |
| H2 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete |
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: Rogers Field (0 nm south), Susanville Municipal (31 nm east), Chico Regional (41 nm southwest), Red Bluff Municipal (47 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Rogers Field (0 nm south), Gansner Field (25 nm southeast), Susanville Municipal (31 nm east), Chico Regional (41 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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Pads 75'APART.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chester from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Chester, California: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
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
- Aircraft registered in Chester 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,673 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5Q2.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.