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Action Helicopters Limited

Queenstown · 64 Grant Road, Frankton, Queenstown

+64 3 441 4011info@heliworks.co.nzWebsite ↗

Heliworks Queenstown is a Queenstown-based commercial helicopter operator running a fleet that includes multiple twin-engine machines. The company flies from a base at Frankton near Queenstown Airport and works across the Southern Lakes and Fiordland.

Its main work is scenic and private charter flights, with packaged trips to alpine snow landings, Earnslaw Burn (where the operator holds exclusive landing rights), Milford Sound and Fiordland. Beyond tourism the operator takes on filming and photography, search and rescue, aerial sluicing, helicopter firefighting, farming, conservation and long-line lifting jobs.

Services

Scenic flightsCharterHeli-hikingWedding flightsFilming / photographySearch and rescueAerial work / agriculture

Pricing

Snow Landing from NZ$495/person; Earnslaw Burn Explorer from NZ$1,195/person; Milford Sound Explorer from NZ$1,695/person; Fiordland's Finest from NZ$1,995/person

Pricing is indicative. Confirm with the operator before booking.

Activities

AirstripsHeli-skiingHelicopter Landings

DOC concessions

Active permits to operate on public conservation land.

  • 117330-AIR — Helicopter Landings (Central Otago (SSI); Murihiku (SSI); Te Anau (SSI); Wakatipu (SSI); South Westland (WSI))
  • 125407-AIR — Helicopter Landings (Central Otago (SSI); Te Anau (SSI); Wakatipu (SSI); South Westland (WSI))
  • 36698-AIR — Helicopter Landings (Central Otago (SSI); Wakatipu (SSI))
  • 52303-AIR — Helicopter Landings (Te Anau (SSI); Wakatipu (SSI))
  • 88955-AIR — Helicopter Landings (Te Anau (SSI))
  • 99332-AIR — Heli-skiing (Wakatipu (SSI))
  • OT-24008-AIR — Airstrips, Helicopter Landings (Central Otago (SSI); Wakatipu (SSI))
  • PAC-14-06-146-02 — Airstrips, Helicopter Landings (Murihiku (SSI); Te Anau (SSI))

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