# US Forest Service Chester Heliport (5Q2)

**US Forest Service Chester Heliport** (FAA: 5Q2) is a heliport in Chester, California, United States. It opened in Mar 1972.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5q2

## At a glance

- FAA: 5Q2
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Chester, California, United States
- Opened: Mar 1972
- Elevation: 4,526 ft / 1,380 m
- Coordinates: 40.2885, -121.2430
- Helipads: 2
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74832937
- Weather station: KO05
- Ident: 5Q2

## Timeline

- Mar 1972: US Forest Service Chester Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 40 ft / 12 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Concrete |  |  |
| H2 | 40 ft / 12 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Concrete |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [RBL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krbl.md) Red Bluff Municipal Airport · 54 mi / 87 km
- [RDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdd.md) Redding Municipal Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [BAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbab.md) Beale Air Force Base · 80 mi / 129 km
- [MYV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyv.md) Yuba County Airport · 84 mi / 135 km
- [TKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktrk.md) Truckee Tahoe Airport · 89 mi / 143 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5q2/data