Era Operations

Lake Charles Headquarters

Era’s headquarters facility in Lake Charles is its operational center for management, flight operations, maintenance, and training. Era’s centralized approach ensures quality control and mission readiness, 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Each Era operating base is fully equipped with comfortable facilities for passengers, living quarters for flight and maintenance personnel, landing facilities, parts and equipment storage, and fueling facilities.

Gulf Coast Operations

Era’s Gulf Coast operations provide consistent standards for safety, reliability, and cost-efficient helicopter services. Era’s advancements in flight operations have subsequently been adopted by the region’s aviation industry. For example, Era developed and perfected sophisticated offshore flying techniques and was the first company to receive FAA approval for an Airborne Radar Approach (ARA). Due to the Gulf’s rapidly changing weather systems, Era established the Supplementary Aviation Weather Reporting System (SAWRS) and introduced SATCOM/GPS navigation equipment. Era’s Gulf Coast operation has strategically positioned itself as the leader in ‘deepwater solutions’ for the offshore energy industry.

Alaska Operations

Era serves the oil and gas industry, tourism, and various government agencies in Alaska. Era conducts extensive operations in remote locations including Alaska’s North Slope, Prudhoe Bay, the Beaufort Sea, the Navarin Basin, the Gulf of Alaska, and Norton Sound.

Addtionally, Era has extensive mountain flying experience and is an expert at landing in remote sites. The search for minerals has taken Era into Alaska’s most rugged and remote areas. Era has also served a vital role in hydroelectric dam and power line construction, concrete pouring, pole setting, transportation and assembly of heavy equipment, and maintenance of mountaintop communication systems.

Approved by both federal and state aviation departments, Era specializes in forest fire suppression and prevention as well as timber surveying of state and national forest lands and air support services for fish and wildlife surveys.