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Aero-Copters, INC..

Holds an FAA charter and air-taxi certificate (Part 135) under the designator GKDA, overseen by the FAA office coded SW17. 1 aircraft is listed on the certificate, mostly R-44-RAVEN. Most of the aircraft on its certificate are registered in Mirando City, Texas.

Website: aero-copters.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Aero-Copters, INC.. from its own website, read October 13, 2026

Aero-Copters operates helicopter tours from Mustang Beach Airport in Port Aransas, Texas. Founded in 1954, the company offers sightseeing tours of varying lengths over South Texas islands, beaches, and the Corpus Christi coastline, with tours ranging from 3 to 45 miles and priced from $25 to $180 per seat.

Calls itself
AERO COPTERS
What it is
Tour operator
Bases
Port Aransas, TX MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT
Services
helicopter tours, charter
Hours
Monday–Tuesday, Thursday–Saturday 9:00–9:30; Sunday 9:00–9:30; closed Wednesday
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 135
Founded
1954
Address
Mustang Beach Airport, Port Aransas, TX, 78373
Telephone
361-360-1955

Written by the site from the pages of www.aero-copters.com on October 13, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

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Connections how this operator links to the rest of the register

Flies
Where
  • Mirando City, TX · where most of the aircraft on its certificate are registered
  • Texas 29,958 aircraft registered
Certificates and records
  • FAA charter and air-taxi certificate 1 aircraft listed · designator GKDA
Aircraft
  • N952RG · Robinson Helicopter R44

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Aircraft on the certificate 1 · grouped by the FAA's model shorthand

R-44-RAVEN 1

Tail no.Maker and modelRegistered ownerYearRegisterWhere it is
N952RGRobinson Helicopter R44Dragonfly Aviation LLC Mirando City, TX2002ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesnot heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026

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