This thread would benefit from a helipad owner who can articulate any specific time, costs and efforts that are required, e.g. addtiional ground work, insurance, licenses etc. It's entirely up to the owner to decide whether to subsidise those costs across the business or relatively direct charge them through landing fees. They might find that usage is inelastic to fees, or if it is elastic, then the loss of custom due to fees has no or negible business impact. Perhaps it just keeps away people who are penny pinchers and/or come with a sense of entitlement and/or don't understand that a business needs revenue to pay its way and its people. I love going to places where I pay a little bit more for a better class of crowd ...