NYC Helicopter Ride Price

A helicopter ride over Manhattan costs from US$272 on promotion, usually US$322 a person for HeliNY’s 12-15 minute flight (checked November 2026). That from-price was a 15 percent promotion on 24 November 2026; on 20 January and 24 March 2027 the same flight was US$322.12, the 17-20 minute flight US$354.23 and the 25-30 minute flight US$461.23, all for one adult with heliport fees and taxes included. Outside the promotion, the dates we read put the shortest flight from Pier 6 at about US$322 and the longest at about US$461.

The price under each option in this calendar is the one for your date. Every other flight below links to its own listing.

HeliNY’s flight, date by date

One adult, read on GetYourGuide in November 2026. The Linden flight showed on Sunday 29 November 2026 at US$354.93, when the Manhattan options did not.

Read across the row and the pattern is plain: the promotion ran on the November date, and the two 2027 dates had the same prices. One extra minute band costs about US$32 at those prices, and the longest flight about US$139 more than the shortest.

Every flight by price

GetYourGuide from-prices a person unless stated, checked November 2026; Viator from-prices a person for an adult, checked November 2026. A from-price is the lowest the calendar can show; the date and the option you pick decide what you pay.

Two from-prices need a footnote. Charm Aviation's US$269 did not appear on any date we read: on 24 November 2026 its 12-15 minute flight was US$319.54, 17-20 minutes US$351.34 and 25-30 minutes US$457.34, and 20 January 2027 was not on sale. Zip Aviation's 30-minute flight was not on sale on either date we read; its 15-minute flight was US$269.10 on 24 November and US$299.00 on 20 January, the 20-minute flight US$319.00 on both.

Fees: what each price includes

The heliport fee is where prices used to differ. This is how each one handles it:

• HeliNY’s flight: all heliport fees and taxes included on GetYourGuide.
• Charm Aviation's flight: heliport fees, taxes and fuel surcharges included on GetYourGuide. On Viator its price includes a US$40 heliport fee and a US$5 fuel surcharge; for reservations made before 2 March 2026 the heliport fee was not included.
• Zip Aviation's flight: the booking fee is included for flights after 1 March, and flights before that date carried a US$40 boarding fee; a locker costs extra.
• Wings Air Helicopters' private flight: an airport fee and fuel surcharge of US$35 a person is not included.

Children and party size

On HeliNY’s flight and on Charm Aviation's, every child aged 2 and over pays for a full seat. HeliNY's New Jersey flight carries children under 2 free on a parent’s lap, and so does Wings Air Helicopters. All the prices on this page were read for one adult; check the total in the calendar for your own group before paying.

The private flight

Wings Air Helicopters prices its flight for couples per group of up to two, not per person: US$995 for 30 minutes in a Robinson R44, US$1,420 for 45 minutes, US$1,590 and US$2,015 for the same flights with transfers from Manhattan, on both dates we read. The 30-minute flight does not reach Lower Manhattan or the Statue of Liberty.

Which to book

Figures from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). Promotions come and go by date, so read them as the shape of the market, not a quote.