Rittenhouse Army Heliport
AZ38 · Queen Creek, Arizona · Pinal County · map
Rittenhouse Army Heliport is a private heliport owned by Az Army National Guard, 10 miles east of Queen Creek, Arizona, 1,550 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, 12/30, is 1,500 by 50 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AZ38
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- Az Army National Guard
- Elevation
- 1,550 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- On the chart
- Phoenix sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1999
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,500 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
Aircraft registered in Queen Creek from the FAA register
150 aircraft are registered to owners in Queen Creek, Arizona: 124 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 Arizona.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Military helicopter training stage field operations day and night.
- Runway 12/30 potholes and loose gravel on runway.
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.