Vertical Limit Aviation

Vertical Limit Aviation is a locally owned helicopter company based at the Albuquerque Sunport in New Mexico, with a second location at Dona Ana County Airport in Santa Teresa, near El Paso, Texas. It flies Robinson R44 and R22 helicopters for training, tours and aerial work.

Its Albuquerque tours include the Rio Grande River and Bosque tours along the cottonwood forest of the river valley, a Sandia Mountain tour, a sunset tour, a city lights night tour and a holiday night tour. From Santa Teresa, it flies the Grande Circle, Cristo Rey, Franklin Grande, El Paso Sunset and Evening Star tours over the border region and the Franklin Mountains. Tours run 15 minutes to an hour, carry up to three or four passengers and can be customised.

Its flight school specialises in high altitude and high density altitude training in mountainous terrain, wind and heat. It is approved under Part 61 and Part 141, offers private, commercial, instrument and instructor training and turbine transition, and accepts GI Bill benefits for Part 141 courses.

The company also flies aerial filming for commercials, films, television and real estate, with a helicopter carrying a Shotover F1 stabilised camera system, and it describes itself as the only Robinson Approved Service Center in New Mexico. It runs an aerial support programme for law enforcement.