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 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
- 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 |
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Pads 75'APART.
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.