Maverick Helicopters: 12-min Grand Canyon Helicopter Tour Starting from Grand Canyon West

Fly from Grand Canyon West to an exclusive canyon-floor landing on a 12-minute round-trip helicopter tour in a luxury Airbus 130.

Getting started

Check in at Grand Canyon West Airport 30 minutes before your scheduled departure time, keeping in mind that flights operate on Arizona time, which does not observe Daylight Saving Time. After check-in, you proceed to board your luxury Airbus 130 helicopter with professional and informative staff. A separate Grand Canyon West general admission ticket is required for park entry and is not included in this tour.

What to expect

Grand Canyon West helicopter flight and canyon-floor landing

This short helicopter tour departs from Grand Canyon West Airport and takes you directly into the Grand Canyon to an exclusive landing site 3,500 feet below the rim. The total experience is approximately 30 minutes, with about 12 minutes of flight time round trip and roughly 20 minutes on the canyon floor.

Features

• You fly aboard a helicopter flight in a luxury Airbus 130 helicopter, a premier ECO-Star aircraft used on Maverick's canyon-floor routes, with professional and informative staff managing your journey.

• During the approximately 12 minutes of flight time round trip, you travel through the canyon and take in bird's-eye views of lands sacred to the Hualapai Tribe from high above the rim.

• As the helicopter descends, you gain views of the Colorado River from 300 feet above, giving you a close look at the waterway that carved the canyon's rock formations.

• The aircraft touches down at an exclusive canyon-floor landing site 3,500 feet below the rim, about 300 feet above the Colorado River, where you spend approximately 20 minutes walking on uneven terrain and observing the surrounding canyon walls and rock layers.

• Throughout the experience, flight routes remain subject to change depending on weather or other extenuating circumstances, and entry to Grand Canyon West is not included, with general admission tickets starting at 67 USD.