Helicopter Scenic Flights

Wanaka Helicopters New Zealand is Lake Wanaka’s premier helicopter operator offering scenic flights, tours and charters in and around the:

Wanaka and Queenstown Southern Lakes District of New Zealand
New Zealand's World Heritage Mount Aspiring National Park & Glaciers
Milford Sound and West Coast
New Zealand's World Heritage Fiordland National Park

Helicopter Flight Training

Wanaka Helicopters is the home of mountain flight training in New Zealand. We offer a world class advanced mountain flight course in addition to our PPL and CPL flight training programs. Whatever, you career path, this course is essential. Wanaka Helicopters' Flight Training offers:

New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) registered school and a nationally approved courses. Follow this link to read our recent external quality assurance report
World class instructors
A modern fleet
Great training facilities
24 x 7 online learning resources
Student fee protection
Outstanding activities to do in your downtime
Student immigration visas

We now offer a theory ground school and fixed wing training through the Wanaka Aviation Consortium (WAC), follow this link for more information.

Exciting Heli-Adventures

Wanaka Helicopters offers a range of different helicopter based activities to suit most tastes. Our Heli Adventures most exciting activity is a 'You Fly' flight named Mission Possible.

Heli-biking, Heli-fishing and heli-hiking

Weddings and Special Occasions

Add a little bit of high altitude magic to your special day by including Wanaka Helicopters in your wedding plans.

Air Charter, Corporate Events

If you have the need to hire a helicopter for what ever reason (Air charter) we can cater for any purpose to any place of your choice in our 'Alpine Wilderness' and around New Zealand.

Wanaka Helicopters operates a range of helicopters
Cater from just one person up to any number at all
Luxury Eurocopter EC130 is so 'up market' that it is perfect for corporate, business and special charters.