Rare vehicles in GTA 5: helicopters, planes and cars earned from tasks

• Trevor's airfield. After Three's Company, Trevor's Frogger sits on the Sandy Shores Airfield helipad. It is the easiest permanent helicopter.
• The hospital. Air Ambulance helicopters spawn on the roof of Central Los Santos Medical Center.
• Los Santos International Airport. There are several helipads north of the runways and near the Flight School on Exceptionalists Way.
• The port. The Merryweather helipad at the port often has a Frogger, but taking it gives four stars at once.
• Fort Zancudo. The military base has Buzzards and Cargobobs. Four stars, tanks and jets are the price of this "free" hardware.
• Cheat. The Buzzard spawns with the code BUZZOFF. Cheats temporarily disable achievements; the full list is on the GTA 5 cheats page.

You can buy a helicopter through the protagonist's phone or computer: the Frogger costs $1,300,000 on Elitás Travel, while the military Buzzard Attack Chopper ($2,000,000) and Cargobob ($2,200,000) are sold by Warstock Cache & Carry.

• Los Santos International Airport. Luxor and Shamal business jets appear on the airport aprons. On Elitás Travel the Luxor costs $1,500,000 and the Shamal $1,150,000.
• Fort Zancudo. The only source of the P-996 LAZER fighter and the Titan transport: neither is sold in story mode. Going in means four stars, so plan your escape in advance.
• Sandy Shores. A Mallard for the Stunt Plane Time Trials stands by the hangar at Trevor's airfield (in versions that have them). On Elitás Travel the Mallard costs $250,000 and the Duster crop duster $275,000.
• After Flight School. Once all 12 lessons are done, planes start spawning around the map. According to Fandom, a Duster appears at the cul-de-sac on the western end of Marina Drive by the Alamo Sea.
• The Dodo seaplane is unlocked separately, see the table below.

Which plane to use for under the bridge and knife flight challenges is covered on the pages under the bridge and knife flights.

Bought aircraft are delivered to the protagonist's storage, so you need a hangar, helipad or dock first. All storage properties become available after the mission Nervous Ron and are bought at their "For Sale" signs.

A stolen vehicle left anywhere may disappear. Keep ordinary cars in a garage; for car classes, the Rhino tank and the fastest models see the GTA 5 vehicles page.

• Wrong version or profile. According to GTABase and Fandom, the Duke O'Death, Kraken, Stock Car races and Go Go Monkey Blista are a bonus for players who carried over progress from PS3 or Xbox 360 to PS4, Xbox One and PC. GTABase puts the Dodo in the same set, Fandom does not say.
• Condition not met. Duel appears only after Pulling Favors, Sea Plane after Nervous Ron, the photo challenge after Beverly's first mission.
• Cheat too early. The codes DEATHCAR, EXTINCT and BUBBLES work only once the vehicle is unlocked.

The Space Docker, the submersible and ordinary helicopters do not depend on this and exist in every version.