Platform Harvest Heliport (CL68), California
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Platform Harvest is a private-use heliport located near Santa Maria, California, built around a single mat-surface helipad. Annual traffic runs light, consistent with its role serving a narrow set of operators rather than general business aviation.
Fuel and airfield services
Fueling is available 24 hours a day, every day, and the airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Platform Harvest Heliport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Van Nuys (KVNY), 110 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Platform Harvest Heliport recorded 183 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June. Traffic at Platform Harvest concentrates in the summer months, peaking in June, with the lightest activity recorded in December and March.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month June, 38 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Climate
Weather station is 14.8 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Operating constraints
Platform Harvest Heliport has published operating constraints in two categories: access and other notes.
Approach is permitted from the northwest quadrant only.
Lighting alternates blue and amber.
For clearance delivery, contact Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center.
An Automatic Weather Observing System (AWOS III) is in place.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Platform Harvest Heliport has five airfields within 42 NM. The closest is Lompoc (KLPC), 15.86 NM northeast.
Part of the Santa Barbara area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at CL68
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at CL68.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
Is fuel available at Platform Harvest (CL68)?
No fuel data is published for Platform Harvest heliport near Santa Maria, CA. Operators should plan fuel stops at a nearby airport, since this private-use pad has no confirmed fuel service on record.
What is the landing surface at Platform Harvest heliport?
Platform Harvest has a single helipad, H1, measuring 65 by 60 feet with a mat surface. Approach is restricted to the northwest quadrant only, and the site is unattended with no tower.
Where is the nearest customs clearance point for Platform Harvest (CL68)?
The nearest customs airport of entry to Platform Harvest is Van Nuys (KVNY), about 110 nautical miles away. There is no onsite customs service at this private heliport near Santa Maria, CA.