Every Place You Can Find A Helicopter In Grand Theft Auto 5
In Grand Theft Auto 5, you don’t have to spend all your hard-earned (stolen) in-game money on a chopper.
Flying around the city is one of the most fun things to do in Grand Theft Auto games. Even though driving is fun, there’s something so enjoyable about being high up and looking down at the streets. Still, just like in real life, you don’t see flying cars everywhere. They are in places like airports or on top of helipads.
This makes sense, since you wouldn’t leave your expensive airplanes or planes out where anyone could take them. People in Los Santos all think the same way. There are still places where you can get a chopper, though. All the places are here.
Davis’s Sheriff Station
You pick up and drop off a tow truck from a parking lot next to Davis’s Sheriff Station while doing tasks for Franklin’s friend Tonya, who isn’t one of the most likeable characters in the game.
So if you’ve been going around in that slow car, you might want to go next door to get something faster. This is because you can steal a police helicopter from the roof of the Sheriff Station. To get there, you have to go around the building to the back and climb up the vents.
Central Los Santos Medical Center
Most hospitals have helipads so that patients can be taken to the hospital quickly by air ambulance. It can help people. But this is Grand Theft Auto, so who cares about the lives of the people? Still, the helipads are useful because helicopters sometimes land on them.
They aren’t always there, but it’s a place where they often show up. And luckily, there are several steps and sets of stairs on the southwest side of the Medical Center that make it easy to get to the roof. So, if any planes appear, you can get to them quickly.
Los Santos Naval Port
The chopper at the Los Santos Naval port is one of the hardest to get. This is because Merryweather security doesn’t want just any crooks wandering around. And they aren’t the only danger. When you go into the area, the cops are also there. In fact, if you step into the limited area, you get a four-star wanted level.
So, if you want this helicopter, you’ll have to deal with a lot of enemies, such as attack helicopters. It’s not really worth it unless you really need a helicopter and none of the others on the map have spawned yet.
Vespucci Police Station
The Vespucci neighborhood is one of the best in Los Santos, which is why the city is so popular. But the Vespucci Police Force is likely to ruin most of the fun you have in the area. Still, these cops do have a place. One example is that a helicopter often appears on top of their station.
It’s not easy to get up there, though. You have to walk up the stairs in the parking lot to reach steps that you have to climb. It’s a pain, and the plane doesn’t always show up. So, this isn’t the best way to get a chopper.
Vespucci Helipad
You can buy and own the Vespucci Helipad. But if you want to save money, there’s usually a plane there already. It is handled by a non-player character (NPC), who often lands or takes off from that spot. You can take their car from them and fly away.
It won’t always be there for you to take, though. But if you live nearby and are looking for a helicopter, it’s worth a look since you don’t have to climb anything to get to it. You can walk right up to the helipad.
NOOSE Government Facility
During the main story, you talk to several government agents. You always have trouble with them, so you should get something in return. You can get a chopper.
The helicopter doesn’t come from the FIB building, where most of the bad guys work, but that’s a given. You can find it instead at the NOOSE plant, which is east of Los Santos. Once you get there, stairs make it easy to get to the top of the southernmost building. Most of the time, there’s a helicopter on top of it.
Parachute Jumps
In the strangers and freaks missions for Dom Beasley, you have to do all kinds of crazy things. And once you finish the one called “Risk Assessment,” you can do more dangerous things like jump out of a plane with a parachute.
These jumps are not all the same. Some of them require you to use a plane to get to the right spot. But you can just steal the helicopter before they pick you up. This will stop the jump, but you’ll get a nice car in exchange.
Fort Zancudo
Fort Zancudo is the most dangerous place to get a helicopter. Just going into it gives you a four-star wanted level. And once you’re inside, the cops have nothing to do with you. Since this is a military base, soldiers who can easily get to tanks are trying to kill you. It’s hard to stay alive in the base for more than a few minutes because of this.
On the plus side, there are a number of helipads next to the airport where helicopters are often parked. Unless you use cheats, it’s very hard to get a plane out of there and away from danger without it being blown up.
Owned Helipads
In Grand Theft Auto 5, you don’t have to steal to get airplanes. You can also get helicopters legally by buying them on the in-game internet or getting them during tasks. Once you do that, you can use any helipad you own to spawn the cars. Early in Happy Wheels, Trevor gets the one in Sandy Shores. Michael or Franklin can buy the one in Vespucci.
Not only can you keep the vehicles you buy on these helipads, but you can also keep any other vehicles you get there. So, if you steal a helicopter, for example, you can bring it back to a helipad and keep it.
