Candlelight Heliport
6Y2 · New Milford, Connecticut · Litchfield County · map
Candlelight Heliport is a public-use heliport, 2 miles west of New Milford, Connecticut, 665 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Candlelight Heliport?
Its FAA code is 6Y2.
Where is Candlelight Heliport?
It is 2 miles west of New Milford, Connecticut, 665 feet above sea level.
Does Candlelight Heliport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Candlelight Heliport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Housatonic Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Candlelight Heliport?
9 pilot examiners and 31 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6Y2
- Kind
- Heliport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 665 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1991
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Danbury Municipal (12 nm south), Waterbury-Oxford Airport (16 nm east), Hudson Valley Regional (19 nm west), Robertson Field (28 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Danbury Municipal (12 nm south), Sky Acres Airport (15 nm northwest), Waterbury-Oxford Airport (16 nm east), Hudson Valley Regional (19 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 Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided daytime VFR operations only; ingress/egress limited to Candlelight farms airport approaches; remove trailer east of pad; helipad perimeter outlined by IN-GROUND markers to provide color and textural differences from grass.
- Pavement area measures 28 feet by 28 feet; grass 50 feet by 50 feet.
- 28 feet building 135 feet east of pad.
- Landing fee per landing.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in New Milford from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in New Milford, Connecticut: 10 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 balloons. 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 Connecticut.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Housatonic Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Danbury, 14 miles away The Flying 20 Club is a flying club based at Danbury Airport (KDXR) in Connecticut, founded in 1940.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 31 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 4 training center examiners.
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (16 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (28 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Heather Michele Howley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Independent Helicopters · New Windsor, NY (29 nm) · (845) 549-3755 · [email protected]
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Take Flight Aviation · Montgomery, NY (36 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · [email protected]
- Nicholas John Gregory private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · New Rochelle, NY (40 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · [email protected]
- Thomas Maciej Jablonski instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Ramsey, NJ (43 nm) · (321) 591-6474 · [email protected]
- P Rivera-Hagarty private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (48 nm) · (631) 836-2147 · [email protected]
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (48 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · [email protected]
All 71 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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 New Milford 14 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 balloons
- Housatonic Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,607 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6Y2.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 28, 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.