Helicopter Costs

These figures are from a 2000 Field Research Corporation survey.

Updates and information on additional helicopters are welcome.

Helicopter Seats Price Operating Cost
(hourly)
Power (HP)
Bell B206B-3 5 $791,000 $280 420
Enstrom F280FX 3 $300,000 $150 225
Enstrom 480B 5 $625,000 $240 305
Eurocopter EC120 5 $1,037,000 $320 504
McDonnell-Douglas MD520N 5 $996,000 $300 425
Robinson R-44 4 $325,000 $160 225
Schweizer 300C 3 $254,000 $143 190
Schweizer 330SP 4 $573,000 $240 235

Update 2004:
Helicopter Seats Price Operating Cost
(hourly)
Equipped
Robinson R-22 Beta II 2 $181,490 $77.48
(per Robinson, 15 Jan 2004)
Aux fuel, heater, COM, GPS, Transponder
Schweizer 300CBi 2 $247,570 $70.52
(per Schweizer, Oct 2004)
King NAV/COM, VSI, Attitude, Transponder


Last modified October 29, 2004.
Comments to Dan Veeneman.