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 heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
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: Lake Placid Airport (6 nm southeast), Adirondack Regional (7 nm northwest), Plattsburgh International (34 nm northeast), Patrick Leahy Burlington International (41 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Lake Placid Airport (6 nm southeast), Adirondack Regional (7 nm northwest), Long Lake /Helms Seaplane Base (24 nm southwest), Plattsburgh International (34 nm northeast).
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 New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
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 Saranac Lake 11 aircraft · 11 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 126 landing places
- New York 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NK11.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.