Los Angeles: 50-Minute Helicopter Tour Hollywood & Beaches

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Fifty minutes above Los Angeles: Hollywood Sign, coastline and stadiums from the air

You board a helicopter and spend 50 minutes flying over the Hollywood Sign, Downtown LA's skyline, Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach, Dodger Stadium and the Getty Center. All fees and taxes are included in the price. Weather can cause cancellations with a full refund or reschedule option, and federal flight restrictions sometimes change the route with little notice, so flexibility helps.

50m

Step-by-step itinerary

Helicopter tour over Hollywood and beaches

Fly over Hollywood Sign
View LA skyscrapers
See Dodger Stadium
Pass Crypto.com Arena
Fly over Hollywood Walk of Fame
View Beverly Hills luxury homes
See Getty Center architecture
Fly over Santa Monica Pier
Pass Venice Beach boardwalk
Fly along Sunset Strip

The Experience

The helicopter is already running when you arrive at the pad. You've checked in, shown your ID and credit card, handed over your height and weight — the pilot needs to know the load before takeoff — and now you're walking toward the aircraft with the rotor blades turning overhead. It's loud and real and nothing like the video you watched online. You climb in, the door closes, and the ground drops away. Fifty minutes starts now.

The Hollywood Sign comes up fast, white letters tilted on the brown hillside, and you understand why people fly just for that view. From here it's not a postcard — it's the actual thing, close enough that you see the detail. The pilot banks left and Downtown LA spreads below, glass towers catching the light, and then the route opens toward the coast. Santa Monica Pier slides underneath with the Ferris wheel spinning, Venice Beach's boardwalk packed with people who look like ants from up here, and the curve of the shoreline stretching toward Malibu. Topanga Canyon cuts through the hills in a dark green line. You pass over the Getty Center, its white travertine buildings and manicured gardens sitting on a ridge like something from another world, then swing back inland past Dodger Stadium and the Crypto.com Arena, both of them smaller than you'd think from ground level.

The Sunset Strip threads through the Hollywood hills, and you can trace the roads where you drove yesterday. Griffith Park Observatory sits on its own peak. The whole city spreads in one view — mountains, ocean, sprawl, density — and it makes sense from up here in a way it doesn't when you're stuck in traffic on Sunset Boulevard. Weather can cancel the flight with no notice, and if a VIP is in town or the Dodgers are playing, the airspace closes and you'll see a different route, but the operator monitors restrictions and usually gives 24 to 48 hours' warning. The flight time is approximate; the pilot has final say on whether conditions are safe.

When you land, you've got the whole city in your head and a video on your phone that won't quite capture what it felt like to be up there. Book early if you want a sunset slot — those fill fast — and bring your government ID. Groups of four or more get split into two helicopters departing at the same time when the schedule allows, so you're not crammed in with strangers.

What’s included

Helicopter flight for 50 minutes.
views of the Hollywood Sign, Downtown LA, Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach, Dodger Stadium, Crypto.com Arena, Getty Center, Sunset Strip, Griffith Park Observatory, Beverly Hills and Topanga Canyon.
all fees and taxes.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by GROUP 3 HELICOPTERS

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the whole Los Angeles landscape in one flight without arranging ground transport between viewpoints — the 50 minutes covers the distance and the highlights that would take hours to drive.