Keystone Heliport
SD18 · Rapid City, South Dakota · Pennington County · map
Keystone Heliport is a private heliport owned by Keystone Adventures, INC., 13 miles southwest of Rapid City, South Dakota, 4,988 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 40 by 120 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 SD18
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Keystone Adventures, INC.
- Elevation
- 4,988 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2018
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 40 × 120 ft | Concrete, fair |
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: Custer County (13 nm southwest), Rapid City Regional (18 nm northeast), Sturgis Municipal (30 nm north), Black Hills-Clyde Ice Field (37 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Custer County (13 nm southwest), Rapid City Regional (18 nm northeast), Sturgis Municipal (30 nm north), Hot Springs Municipal (33 nm south).
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 South Dakota · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rapid City from the FAA register
152 aircraft are registered to owners in Rapid City, South Dakota: 98 piston singles, 13 turboprops, 13 gliders, 9 piston twins, 7 helicopters. 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 South Dakota.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Rapid City:
- Black Hills Helicopters and Charters, INC. 7 aircraft on the certificate Black Hills Helicopters is a helicopter tour operator based in Keystone, South Dakota, offering private scenic tours over Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, and other Black Hills landmarks.
- Dale Aviation INC 7 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Rapid City:
- Advanced Aerotechnologies Group, L.L.C. Advanced Aero Technologies Group is an FAA-certified repair station providing avionics installation, aircraft maintenance, engine overhaul and repair, and inspection services.
- Dale Aviation INC
- Rapid Avionics 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 Rapid City 152 aircraft · 98 piston singles, 13 turboprops, 13 gliders
- Dale Aviation INC 8 aircraft in town
- Plane Training LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Cole-Tac LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Charlie Tango LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Black Hills Helicopters and Charters, INC. 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Dale Aviation INC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Advanced Aerotechnologies Group, L.L.C. · repair station
- Dale Aviation INC · repair station
- Rapid Avionics INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in South Dakota 467 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in South Dakota 70 landing places
- South Dakota 2,273 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SD18.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.