El Aero Services

El Aero Services is an aviation company based in Elko, Nevada, in the high desert of the Great Basin. It says it has provided helicopter services across Northern Nevada and the Intermountain West since 1973. It holds FAA Part 135 air charter, Part 133 external load and Part 137 agricultural certificates, and its FAA fleet lists a Bell 206 JetRanger.

For passengers, the company offers on demand helicopter charter and scenic tours. It lists Lake Tahoe and the Ruby Mountains near Elko among the areas it serves, and it flies attendees to and from local events. The Ruby Mountains, with their glacier carved canyons and alpine lakes, rise sharply out of the surrounding sagebrush and are one of the most dramatic landscapes in the state.

Much of its work is utility flying. It supports wildland firefighting, external load and longline jobs, mineral exploration, geophysical surveys, claim staking, aerial mapping and LiDAR, and it flies powerline and pipeline patrols. Its land and wildlife work includes rehab seeding, erosion control, environmental surveys, livestock gathering, wild horse and burro gathers and bison herding.

On the fixed wing side, the company runs a flight school, an FBO with fuel, and aircraft rental, and it offers maintenance, parts and avionics work.