Maverick Helicopters - Santa Monica Airport

Maverick Helicopters is a helicopter tour and charter operator founded in 1995 and headquartered in Las Vegas. FOX5 Las Vegas describes it as one of the world's largest aviation-based tourism companies, carrying more than 200,000 guests a year across Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada.

This listing covers its Santa Monica Airport terminal, which opened with a launch event on 16 March 2026. From Santa Monica, Maverick runs a Los Angeles sightseeing flight, transfers to Catalina Island, and private charters to destinations such as Santa Barbara and Palm Springs. The company had already been flying in Southern California from Long Beach and Avalon since 2024.

Besides scheduled sightseeing products, the company offers private helicopter charters, event transfers, weddings, and group and production flights in its other markets: the Las Vegas Strip, the Grand Canyon and Maui.

Maverick's website says it operates a large Airbus H130 (EC130) fleet and a Sikorsky S-76 charter fleet on the West Coast. It does not publish exact aircraft counts.

The business is mainly a tour operator. Flyers looking for point-to-point helicopter transport in the Los Angeles area should ask about private charter availability from Santa Monica specifically.