Regional Public Safety Training Academy Heliport
70AZ · Tucson, Arizona · Pima County · map
Regional Public Safety Training Academy Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Forest Service, 6 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, 2,853 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 70AZ
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- US Forest Service
- Elevation
- 2,853 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2002
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete | |
| H2 | 20 × 20 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: Tucson International (5 nm northwest), Ryan Field (17 nm west), Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field (26 nm east), Marana Regional (28 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Tucson International (5 nm northwest), Ryan Field (17 nm west), Benson Muni/Paul Kerchum Field (26 nm east), Marana Regional (28 nm northwest).
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 Arizona · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations, private use, coordinate communications with Tucson the control tower, and sponsor ensures obstruction free ingress and egress.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tucson from the FAA register
739 aircraft are registered to owners in Tucson, Arizona: 558 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders, 26 business jets, 26 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.
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 Arizona.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Tucson, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Tucson Soaring Club INC 10 aircraft · Sahuarita, 11 miles away Tucson Soaring Club is a flying club formed in 1967 that operates from El Tiro Gliderport near Marana, Arizona.
Charter operators and airlines based in Tucson:
- Eagle Aviation, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Tucson (12 of 19, all of them):
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC
- Airtronics, INC Airtronics Inc.
- Amentum Services, INC
- American Turbo Systems
- Ascent Aviation Services LLC
- Astrodyne International INC Astrodyne International is an FAA, EASA, and CAA approved repair station in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in the overhaul and repair of electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic aircraft systems and accessories.
- Bae Systems Technology Solutions & Services INC
- Cappsco International Corporation A Midwest Compan
- Honeywell Aerospace US LLC - Tucson R&O
- Instrument Services INC
- James B. Geist
- Learjet INC
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
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 Tucson 739 aircraft · 558 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 27 gliders
- Wind Walker LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Swede Aviation LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Eagle Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aerial Productions International INC 5 aircraft in town
- Aviation Hangar Foam Specialists LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Fios Flightline LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Nachio Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Eagle Aviation, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Tucson Soaring Club INC 10 aircraft · flying club
- Aircraft Inspection & Management, LLC · repair station
- Airtronics, INC · repair station
- Amentum Services, INC · repair station
- American Turbo Systems · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Arizona 77 landing places
- Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/70AZ.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.