Troop B Headquarters Heliport
NK11 · Saranac Lake, New York · Essex County · map
Troop B Headquarters Heliport is a private heliport owned by New York State Police, 4 miles east of Saranac Lake, New York, 1,615 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 100 by 100 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NK11
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- New York State Police
- Elevation
- 1,615 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1978
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 100 × 100 ft | Asphalt | Perimeter lights |
- Runway H1: tower 150 ft high 412 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Saranac Lake from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Saranac Lake, New York: 11 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR use only.
- Trees north and east of pad. Closest tress are 85' off northeast corner of pad. Buildings south and west of pad approx. 200' away.
- Unlighted 15 feet windsock located 120 feet southwest corner of H1 tarmac.
- Unlighted 50 feet antenna located 190 feet south of southwest corner of tarmac on west side of building.
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.
