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

Benson Heliport

MN84 · Benson, Minnesota · Swift County · map

Benson Heliport is a private heliport owned by the City of Benson in Benson, Minnesota, 1,033 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 45 by 45 feet of concrete.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA MN84
Kind: Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: City of Benson
Elevation: 1,033 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
On the chart: Twin Cities sectional
In the FAA's files since: December 2016

This airport's record at the FAA

Landing pad

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Pad	Length × width	Surface	Lights
H1	45 × 45 ft	Concrete

Aircraft registered in Benson from the FAA register

13 aircraft are registered to owners in Benson, Minnesota: 8 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 helicopter. 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:

Doug Jackson Enterprises INC 3Swift Drone Technologies LLC 2Jed Aire Aviation LLC 2

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

Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Benson Municipal BBB · 2 nm northwest Appleton Municipal AQP · 17 nm west Starbuck Municipal D32 · 17 nm north Montevideo-Chippewa County MVE · 21 nm south Morris Muni/Charlie Schmidt Field MOX · 21 nm northwest Glenwood Municipal GHW · 23 nm northeast Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field BDH · 24 nm southeast Brooten Muni/John O Bohmer Field 6D1 · 24 nm northeast

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

The proponent must meet all state and local requirements. The landing area must be limited to private use only. All operations must be conducted visually. Because this is a private use heliport, all operators proceed at their own risk, and to enhance the safety of operations, we recommend: I. if the power poles and lines are removed I buried as planned, all helicopter approach / departure route operations should be conducted on a 150 degree clockwise to 220 degree egress heading I 330 degree clockwise to 040 degree ingress heading using the center of the heliport as the reference point. Operations may also be conducted on a 320 degree egress heading / 140 degree ingres south heading using the center of the heliport as the reference point. 2. A wind indicator is installed and maintained adjacent to the heliport, away from the approach and departure routes, and outside the safety area as planned. 3. No night helicopter operations are conducted unless the heliport and wind indicator are lit in accordance with AC L 50/5390-2C, paragraph south 216 and 212C. 4. Due to the close proximity of the Benson airport (bbb), operators should monitor and provide traffic advisories on the bbb common traffic advisory frequency 122.80. 5. The TAKEOFF/ landing area is appropriately marked in accordance with AC L 50/5390-2C, paragraph 215 as planned...

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.