Headwaters AT Banner Elk Clubhouse Heliport
NR22 · Banner Elk, North Carolina · Avery County · map
Headwaters AT Banner Elk Clubhouse Heliport is a private heliport, 5 miles wnw of Banner Elk, North Carolina, 3,740 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 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 NR22
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,740 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2026
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Johnson County (14 nm northeast), William B Greene JR Regional (15 nm northwest), Avery County/Morrison Field (16 nm south), Tri-Cities Airport (27 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Johnson County (14 nm northeast), William B Greene JR Regional (15 nm northwest), Avery County/Morrison Field (16 nm south), Tri-Cities Airport (27 nm northwest).
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 North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Fato length an X width 75 feet an X 75 feet. Safety area length an X width 100 feet an X 100 feet. Prim ingress 090 degrees, prim egress 090.
- Day night VFR use. Emergency helicopter landing facility.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Banner Elk from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Banner Elk, North Carolina: 2 turboprops, 2 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Banner Elk:
- Banner Elk Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
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
- Aircraft registered in Banner Elk 6 aircraft · 2 turboprops, 2 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Banner Elk Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 since 1982 · 305 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NR22.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 30, 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.