Airports · Arizona · heliport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

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 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
On the chart: Phoenix sectional
Magnetic variation: 12E
In the FAA's files since: December 2022

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pads 3

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface
H3	100 × 100 ft	Asphalt and concrete
H1	60 × 60 ft	Asphalt and concrete
H2	60 × 60 ft	Asphalt and concrete

Aircraft registered in Payson from the FAA register

89 aircraft are registered to owners in Payson, Arizona: 80 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:

Sky King Soaring LLC 2Pmc Aviation LLC 2Light Sport LLC 2Agl Aviation and Management LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Arizona.

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Payson Airport PAN · 5 nm west Camo Geronimo Heliport 46AZ · 10 nm northwest · private Pleasant Valley Airstrip Airport 24AZ · 16 nm southeast · private Pleasant Valley Medical Center Heliport AZ11 · 17 nm southeast · private Chapman Ranch Airstrip Airport 58AZ · 18 nm southeast · private Horseshoe Dam Heliport AZ52 · 29 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.