---
name: "land"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Unit Control"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "local", "effect": "global", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/land
revid: 373721
updated: 2025-06-23T00:49:43Z
---

# land

*Command · Unit Control · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.00*

Locality: arguments **local** · effect **global**

## Description

Forces a helicopter landing. If there is a helipad nearby, the helicopter will attempt to land on it. VTOL he other hand will just land somewhere. To make helicopter or VTOL land on a specific helipad use [landAt](../commands/landAt.md).

## Syntax

```sqf
helicopter land mode
```

**Parameters:**

- `helicopter`: [Object](../topics/Object.md) helicopter or VTOL
- `mode`: [String](../topics/String.md) - can be one of:
  - "LAND" - Complete stop
  - "GET IN" - Hovering very low, for another unit to get in
  - "GET OUT" - Hovering low, for another unit to get out
  - Arma 2 v1.00 "NONE" - Cancel a landing

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_cobraOne land "LAND";
```

## See also

[landAt](../commands/landAt.md) · [allAirports](../commands/allAirports.md)

## Community notes

**Hardrock** — 2006-08-04

*Notes from before the conversion:*
Helos will land at the nearest "H" or "Invisible H", if there is one around (within 500m in Armed Assault).

---

**SNKMAN** — 2010-09-26

To make a helicopter LAND correctly and not hovering over the landing position use [unitReady](../commands/unitReady.md) to check if the helicopter already has reached his destination.
You can fix a landing bug by using a short delay bevore checking the [unitReady](../commands/unitReady.md) command.

```sqf
_helicopter move getPosATL _destination;
sleep 3;
while { alive _helicopter && not unitReady _helicopter } do
{
    sleep 1;
};

if (alive _helicopter) then
{
    _helicopter land "LAND";
};
```

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — land](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/land) (revision 373721).</sub>