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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
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: Mesa Gateway Airport (8 nm northwest), Chandler Municipal (15 nm west), Falcon Field (16 nm northwest), Coolidge Municipal (19 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Mesa Gateway Airport (8 nm northwest), Chandler Municipal (15 nm west), Falcon Field (16 nm northwest), Coolidge Municipal (19 nm south).
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
- Military helicopter training stage field operations day and night.
- Runway 12/30 potholes and loose gravel on runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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 Queen Creek, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- SW Aviation Services INC SWAZ Aviation operates an aircraft rental fleet and flight training school at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona.
- Million Air Aviation LLC Million Air is a fixed-base operator (FBO) with 36 locations worldwide, providing fuel, ground handling, aircraft management, and charter services at airports across North America and beyond.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Pegasus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Queen Creek, 6 miles away
- Avra Valley Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Gilbert, 14 miles away Avra Valley Flyers is an aircraft rental company located at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona.
- Cirrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Gilbert, 14 miles away
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 · 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. 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 Queen Creek 150 aircraft · 124 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 4 turboprops
- Everything Pitts LLC 13 aircraft in town
- SW Aviation Services INC 3 aircraft in town
- Staple K Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Valestin Donald P 2 aircraft in town
- SW Aviation Services INC 3 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Million Air Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Pegasus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Avra Valley Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Cirrus Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this heliport 1 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,985 since 1982 · 468 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/AZ38.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 30, 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.