Shell Ahp Heliport
SXS · KSXS · Fort Rucker, Alabama · Coffee County · map
Shell Ahp Heliport is a private heliport owned by the US Army Atca - Aso, 7 miles west of Fort Rucker, Alabama, 406 feet above sea level. It has 10 landing pads. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SXS · ICAO KSXS
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Atca - Aso
- Elevation
- 406 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1230-0000z++mon-fri except holidays.
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1987
Landing pads 10
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H4 | 1,600 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H5 | 819 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| HA | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | |
| HB | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | |
| HC | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | |
| HD | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | |
| HE | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | |
| HF | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, fair | |
| HG | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | |
| HI | 100 × 100 ft | Concrete, good |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 139.125 | Shell Ahp · 244.5 |
| Ground | 142.425 | Shell Ahp |
| Approach and departure | 133.45 | Shell Ahp |
| Dothan and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.3 | Shell Ahp |
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: Enterprise Municipal (5 nm southwest), Ozark/Blackwell Field (12 nm east), Geneva Municipal (19 nm south), Dothan Regional (21 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Enterprise Municipal (5 nm southwest), Ozark/Blackwell Field (12 nm east), Carl Folsom Airport (13 nm west), Geneva Municipal (19 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 Alabama · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 244.5
- Extensive copter stu tng in progress.
- For official use only - PPR/ base open V558-5434.
- Runway H-A/B closed for base aircraft parking.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Rucker from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Rucker, Alabama: 5 piston singles, 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 Alabama.
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:
- Double Bridges Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Enterprise, 5 miles away Double Bridges Aviation is a flight school in Enterprise, Alabama that offers pilot training from private pilot through certified flight instructor level, as well as currency training and checkouts for existing pilots.
- Aerolanding LLC 5 aircraft · Enterprise, 5 miles away AeroLanding LLC is an FAA-approved Part 61 flight school based in Enterprise, Alabama that provides initial and add-on flight training for Sport Pilot, Private Pilot, Instrument, Commercial Single & Multi-Engine, CFI, CFII, MEI, and ATP cer
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 Fort Rucker 6 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Double Bridges Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Aerolanding LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Alabama 1,210 since 1982 · 172 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alabama 85 landing places
- Alabama 4,346 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SXS.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.