About this site, in plain terms
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What this site is
New York Helicopter Tours is an independent guide to helicopter sightseeing tours over New York City. It is not a helicopter operator and not a booking platform. It helps visitors find and book a Manhattan helicopter tour through the operator's official GetYourGuide listing, and earns a disclosed commission on bookings.
Who runs it
The site is researched and written by Michael Torres, a New York-based helicopter tour specialist. He has helped international visitors plan flights over the city since 2022 and puts the count of visitors he has helped above 1,000, a self-reported figure. He checks every tour fact on this site against the operator's official GetYourGuide listing and primary sources. He does not pilot the bookable flight below; it is flown by the operator NY Helicopter Tour and its own certificated pilots.
The tour it recommends
- Name: NYC: Manhattan Sightseeing Helicopter Tour
- Operator: NY Helicopter Tour (GetYourGuide activity ID 19901)
- Departure: most options leave the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, 6 East River Piers, New York, NY 10004; some options depart from New Jersey, and none leave Manhattan on Sundays
- Format: a sightseeing helicopter flight with live pilot narration and noise-canceling Bose headsets
- Time in the air: roughly 12 to 30 minutes depending on the option; the listing does not print a single duration
- Route: Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Manhattan skyline, Empire State and Chrysler buildings, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Hudson River and New York Harbor
- Included: the flight, all heliport fees and taxes, noise-canceling Bose headsets, lockers and live pilot narration; photos are available to buy and are not included
- Weight rule: maximum 275 lb (about 125 kg) per passenger; everyone is weighed on arrival and seated by combined weight
- Requirements: a passport or ID card is required; children aged 2 and over need their own full-price seat
- Price: not printed here; the live price by date, option and currency is on the GetYourGuide listing
- Cancellation: free up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
- Safety: NY Helicopter Tour is FAA Part 135 certified and holds both TOPS and WYVERN Wingman accreditation, noted as the only New York operator currently carrying both
- Rating: 4.8 out of 5 across 7,252 GetYourGuide reviews; badged "Top rated" and "Likely to sell out"
Important distinctions
This site is not NY Helicopter Tour; booking and payment happen entirely on GetYourGuide. The site's sole affiliate relationship is with GetYourGuide. Any figures about other New York operators come from those companies' own published pages and are attributed to them.