Leading Edge Aviation, LLC.
Holds an FAA charter and air-taxi certificate (Part 135) under the designator LXGA, overseen by the FAA office coded NM05. 2 aircraft are listed on the certificate, mostly DHC-6-300. Based in Bend, Oregon, where it registers its own aircraft.
Website: flyleadingedge.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Leading Edge Aviation, LLC. from its own website, read October 13, 2026
Leading Edge Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Bend, Oregon, offering charter services, helicopter tours, flight training, and maintenance. The company holds FAA Part 133, 135, 137, and 145 certificates and operates a fleet of Bell and Robinson helicopters for clients ranging from government agencies to individuals.
- Calls itself
- Leading Edge Aviation
- What it is
- Helicopter operator
- Bases
- Bend, OR
- Aircraft it names
- Bell 407GX, Bell 206L3, Bell 206B3, Robinson R44, Robinson R22, Robinson R66, Robinson R88
- Services
- helicopter charter, helicopter tours, flight training, helicopter maintenance, aerial photography, aerial filming, aerial surveys, external load, fire support, search and rescue, aircraft sales
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 133, Part 135, Part 137, Part 145, Part 141
- Founded
- 2005
- Address
- Bend, OR
Written by the site from the pages of flyleadingedge.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 Out of date or wrong?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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In the air now from the volunteer receiver network
None of this operator's aircraft is in the air over the United States right now, as far as the network can hear. See them on the live map. Counted here: aircraft on the certificate and aircraft the company owns. No callsign is on file for this operator, so flights under another code are not counted. Aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out.
Where the aircraft are in the air, on the ground, parked, or not heard lately · refreshed every half minute
None in the air, 6 not heard lately, 11 not heard since the site began listening.
Positions from the volunteer receiver network: an aircraft is "parked" when it was last heard on the ground within 7 days (it may have moved under a hangar roof or flown with the transponder off); "not heard" means nothing has been received since the date shown. Aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out.
Connections how this operator links to the rest of the register
- Dehavilland DHC-6 2 on the certificate
- Dehavilland 2 on the certificate
- Bend, OR · where it registers its own aircraft
- Bend Municipal · BDN
- Oregon 7,001 aircraft registered
- Leading Edge Aviation INC 15 aircraft in the fleet · the aircraft the FAA register lists under this name
- FAA charter and air-taxi certificate 2 aircraft listed · designator LXGA
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/operator/leading-edge-aviation-llc.json.
Aircraft on the certificate 2 · grouped by the FAA's model shorthand
DHC-6-300 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Registered owner | Year | Register | Where it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N365AR | Dehavilland DHC-6-300 | Twin Otter International LTD Las Vegas, NV | 1973 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
| N537AR | Dehavilland DHC-6-300 | Avro LTD Las Vegas, NV | 1977 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | not heard not heard since the site began listening on 7 October 2026 |
Sources: the FAA's list of Part 135 and 121 certificate holders and the aircraft on each certificate, November 9, 2026; the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, November 12, 2026; the volunteer receiver network for what is in the air. An aircraft on a charter certificate is often owned by someone else and managed by the operator. Contact people named in the sources are not shown, the site's policy at this time. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: fix the base, add your website, send your own pictures. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.