Tonto NF Payson Heliport
AZ68 · Payson, Arizona · Yavapai County · map
Tonto NF Payson Heliport is a private heliport owned by Tonto Nf Payson Ranger District, 5 miles nne of Payson, Arizona, 4,896 feet above sea level. It has 3 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 AZ68
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tonto Nf Payson Ranger District
- Elevation
- 4,896 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
- December 2022
Landing pads 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H3 | 100 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt and concrete | |
| H2 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt and 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: Payson Airport (5 nm west), Sedona Airport (44 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Payson Airport (5 nm west), Sedona Airport (44 nm northwest), Cottonwood Airport (48 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
- Day/VFR operations, single helicopter within each safety area.
- Tlof 60X60 feet; fato 20X20 feet; ingress/egress 180.0.
- Tlof 60X60 feet; fato 20X20 feet; ingress/egress 180.0.
- Tlof 100X100 feet; fato 30X30 feet; ingress/egress 180.0.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Payson from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Payson, Arizona: 81 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 gyroplane, 1 business jet. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Payson Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Payson, 6 miles away
Repair stations in Payson:
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 Payson 90 aircraft · 81 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 gliders
- Sky King Soaring LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Pmc Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Light Sport LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Agl Aviation and Management LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Payson Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Blusky Avionics, LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Arizona 2,983 since 1982 · 466 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 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/AZ68.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.