Fort Buchanan Heliport
PR21 · Guaynabo, Puerto Rico · --Puerto Rico County · map
Fort Buchanan Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Army Attn: Dep/Sec in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, 33 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 50 by 50 feet of concrete.
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 PR21
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Attn: Dep/Sec
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1978
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete |
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: Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (3 nm northeast), Luis Munoz Marin International (8 nm east), Jose Aponte DE LA Torre Airport (30 nm east), Mercedita Airport (35 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (3 nm northeast), Luis Munoz Marin International (8 nm east), Jose Aponte DE LA Torre Airport (30 nm east), Mercedita Airport (35 nm southwest).
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 Puerto Rico · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR/pvt use/helicopter operators established and maintenance radio coms with isla grande the control tower prior to departure feet Buchanan; prior permission required from the control tower by pilots of helicopters WO radios. Provided security measures maintd during operations to prevent access by other than helicopters.
- And A13 extn 2204/8108.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Guaynabo from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico: 16 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 5 business jets, 3 helicopters, 1 airliner. 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:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Puerto Rico.
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:
- Flyers of the Americas Pr LLC 1 aircraft · Guaynabo, 2 miles away
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico 8 aircraft · Bayamon, 5 miles away
- South Bay Flight Training Center 3 aircraft · Carolina, 10 miles away South Bay Flight Training Center is a flight school located at San Juan's Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (TJIG) in Puerto Rico.
Charter operators and airlines based in Guaynabo:
- Outer Banks Air Charters, LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate
- Sebastian Aero Services, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Sebastian Aero Services, Inc.
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 Guaynabo 31 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 5 business jets
- Aig Aeronautics LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Execumed CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Outer Banks Air Charters, LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Sebastian Aero Services, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Flyers of the Americas Pr LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Inter American University of Puerto Rico 8 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- South Bay Flight Training Center 3 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Puerto Rico 282 since 1982 · 33 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Puerto Rico 10 landing places
- Puerto Rico 492 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PR21.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.