AN ATX PLT FLYING AN H1P HAS TO LAND OFF ARPT DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUEL. ANOTHER OF THE COMPANY'S HELI PLTS FLIES FUEL TO HIM IN A 5 GALLON CAN. THIS PLT RETURNS TO ITS BASE WITH THE FIRST HELI'S PAX.

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I HAD A PAX ON BOARD FOR A 45 MIN SIGHT-SEEING TOUR AND HAD ABOUT 13 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. DUE TO CHANGED WX CONDITIONS WHILE ENRTE; THE FLT ENDURED FOR ABOUT 65 MINS. WHEN I APCHED KOKO HEAD VOR; I CONTACTED HNL APCH FOR ENTERING CLASS B FOR LNDG AT ARPT. THE CTLR TOLD ME THAT THE ARPT WAS IFR AND TO REMAIN OUT OF CLASS B. I CIRCLED FOR ABOUT 5 MINS CLOSE TO KOKO HEAD VOR AND AS WX CONDITIONS REMAINED UNCHANGED; I DECIDED TO LAND AT KOKO HEAD VOR BECAUSE OF GETTING RELATIVELY LOW ON FUEL. ONCE LANDED; I CALLED THE OFFICE AND ASKED FOR FUEL. AFTER 1/2 HR OF WAITING; I GOT THE FUEL BY ANOTHER HELI. MY PAX FLEW BACK ON THE OTHER ACFT WHILE I WAS FUELING MY ACFT. BY THE TIME I WAS FINISHED FUELING THE ACFT (5 GALLONS) THE WX CONDITIONS WENT BACK TO NORMAL (CEILING GREATER THAN 3000 FT; VISIBILITY 15 MI). THE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG; IN MY OPINION; WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE OF SAFE FLYING PRACTICES I ALWAYS MAINTAIN. I'M SURE THAT I COULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE ARPT WITHOUT ANY PROBS; BUT WHAT IF NOT? MY MISTAKE WAS THAT I ONLY HAD EXTRA FUEL FOR 20 MINS INSTEAD OF GOING FOR A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF 30-40 MINS OF EXTRA FUEL. ALSO; I FLEW AN ACFT WITH AN EMPTY GAS CAN; WHICH IS CONSIDERED A HAZMAT. FROM THIS DAY ON; I ALWAYS HAVE MORE THAN THE REQUIRED FUEL ON BOARD -- ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WX CONDITIONS ASK FOR IT! SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 361932: I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ONE OF OUR PLT'S CELLULAR PHONES; THAT HE HAD TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LNDG BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL. I TOOK A 5 GALLON FUEL TANK WITH ME AND FLEW TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE OTHER HELI LANDED. I DROPPED OFF THE FUEL AND TOOK THE PAX OF THE OTHER HELI ON BOARD AND FLEW BACK TO THE ARPT. THE MISTAKE I HAVE DONE WAS THAT I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE DRIVEN THERE WITH A CAR INSTEAD OF FLYING THERE WITH A HAZMAT ON BOARD.