Manned Aerial Imaging • Puget Sound & Pacific Northwest

Wide-area, high-resolution aerial imagery for projects too big for drones.

One flight can cover multiple sites across the region, with PPK-geotagged imagery handed off for professional photogrammetry processing and survey-grade control.

Gig Harbor, WA — based at Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW)

Email for a quote Call (206) 396-7594

Services & Markets

Aerial imaging built for large and multi-site jobs

Manned flights cover ground that would take drones days, and several nearby sites can be combined into a single trip.

GIS orthoimagery

Project-area orthoimagery for public agencies and engineering firms.

Stockpile volume flights

Gravel pit and aggregate stockpile flights, monthly or quarterly, covering several pits in one trip.

Timber & storm damage

Timber harvest progress tracking and storm-damage checks across large tracts.

Construction & civil mapping

Mapping for construction and civil projects, with survey control and staking available through the team.

Shot from our aircraft

Views from N3843R

Oblique aerial photo taken from Harbor View Air's Cessna 172 N3843R of a construction site with a tall yellow crane in a clearing surrounded by dense evergreen forest, beside a road lined with trucks — Construction site in timberland, shot from N3843R

Oblique aerial photo taken from Harbor View Air's Cessna 172 N3843R, wing strut visible at lower left, of a large excavation pit with a crane and orange safety fencing next to a highway interchange — Excavation near a highway interchange, shot from N3843R

View from inside the Cessna 172 N3843R in flight at dusk, looking under the white wing and its strut toward water, a forested shoreline, and distant lights — Under the wing strut, where the sensor pod mounts

Evening view from the Cessna 172 N3843R in flight, with the red-striped wing strut in the foreground and city lights along the water below a bright moon — Evening flight, shot from N3843R

White Cessna 172 N3843R with a maroon stripe parked on a lit airport ramp at night, with the moon low in the sky — N3843R on the ramp

Capability

Aircraft & sensor

A dedicated mapping platform with PPK-geotagged imagery ready for professional photogrammetry.

White Cessna 172 with a maroon stripe, tail number N3843R, parked in a clean, brightly lit hangar — Our Cessna 172, N3843R

~2.3 cm(0.9 in) GSD at 1,000 ft AGL

~715 ftimage swath at 1,000 ft AGL

~4.6 cm(1.8 in) GSD at 2,000 ft AGL

61 MPSony ILX-LR1 camera, 50 mm lens

AircraftCessna 172 with Recon Mini wing-strut sensor pod
CameraSony ILX-LR1, 61 MP, with 50 mm lens
GeotaggingEmlid Reach M2 PPK
Home baseTacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW), Gig Harbor, WA

The Team

One call, a complete mapping team

Harbor View Air works in partnership with Maven Mapping, Anchor Line Geomatics, and HCPA Construction.

Harbor View Air

Aerial capture

Manned aerial image capture.

Maven Mapping

Drones & processing

Drone jobs and all photogrammetry processing and deliverables: orthomosaics, DSMs, and stockpile volume reports.

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Anchor Line Geomatics

Survey

Survey control and construction staking (licensed surveying).

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HCPA Construction

Utility locating

Private utility locating support.

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How it works

Plan, fly, process, deliver

Plan

We scope the area, resolution, and schedule, and coordinate survey control where needed.

Harbor View Air · Anchor Line

Fly

The Cessna 172 captures PPK-geotagged imagery, often covering multiple sites in one flight.

Harbor View Air

Process

Imagery is handed off for professional photogrammetry processing.

Maven Mapping

Deliver

Orthomosaics, DSMs, and stockpile volume reports, delivered for your project.

Maven Mapping

Pricing

From $650 / flight hour

Aerial acquisition from $650 per flight hour, including aircraft, commercial pilot, sensor pod, and fuel. Processing and survey services quoted per project.

Ask about recurring monthly or quarterly flight programs.

Contact

Chris Parshall

(206) 396-7594 chris.parshall@harborviewba.com

Harbor View Air LLC · Gig Harbor, WA
Based at Tacoma Narrows Airport (KTIW)