Yoakum-Defrenn Ahp Heliport
HLR · KHLR · Fort Hood (Killeen), Texas · Bell County · map
Yoakum-Defrenn Ahp Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Army, 1 mile northeast of Fort Hood (Killeen), Texas, 910 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, 16/34, is 2,676 by 75 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HLR · ICAO KHLR
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army
- Elevation
- 910 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates 1400-0600z++ mon-fri except holidays, ot contact robert gray tower 120.75 285.5 airborne; 133.85 225.4 on gnd.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 2:00 pm to 0600z++; every day, except holidays
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,676 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 138.6 | Hood |
| Ground | 133.85 | Hood |
| Tower | 119.65 | Hood |
| Approach and departure | 120.075 | Hood |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Hood |
| Flt and flw | 141.175 | Hood |
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: Skylark Field (3 nm southeast), Robert Gray Army Airfield (7 nm southwest), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (16 nm east), Georgetown Executive (28 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Skylark Field (3 nm southeast), Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional (16 nm east), Gatesville Municipal (18 nm north), Lampasas Airport (25 nm west).
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 Texas · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Caution: R6302 located 1.1 NM north of afld.
- LGT-MIRL Ahp 16-34 operates 2:00 pm to 6:00 am++ wkd except fed holidays OT pcl 119.65.
- 16 H
- 34 H
- Caution: some aircraft operates in area WO conspicuous mrk and blend with terrain.
- Caution: inst final approach crs cross 1 NM southwest killeen municipal.
- Caution: ints copter operates vicinity feet Hood.
- Oil: soap.
- Tran alert: ltd tran prk.
- Restricted: prior permission required all tran aircraft, C254-288-3811, dsn 738-3811 or C254-287-7585 dsn 737-7585. Restricted from F/west aircraft.
- Misc: no terminal fcst issued for YOAKUM-DEFRENN Ahp.
- See flip AP/1 supplementary airport rmks.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Hood (Killeen) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Fort Hood (Killeen), TX as the owner's town.
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:
- Central Texas College 11 aircraft · Killeen, 4 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
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
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,058 in the last ten years
- Central Texas College 11 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 393 landing places
- Texas 29,939 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HLR.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.