Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday night that a private helipad to service Amazon’s proposed Long Island City headquarters doesn’t fly with him – even though he signed off on the controversial perk.

“The helicopter pad bothers all of us,” de Blasio said during a town hall meeting at Hunter College in Midtown. “The optics are ridiculous. I agree with you but … I think in the end New Yorkers are very practical.”

Hizzoner tried to make a case of the ends justifying the means. He cited the 25,000 jobs that Amazon’s arrival is expected to bring New York as one of the key reasons it’s getting the helipad — along with $2.8 billion in taxpayer-funded grants and subsidies.

De Blasio was responding to several members of the audience who were not only peeved about the private helipad but also that the online retail giant is circumventing the usual approval process through the City Council.

Amazon’s development deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and de Blasio includes a helipad that would be off-limits to anyone outside the company — including government officials. But in a concession to minimize noise pollution and other disruptions around its proposed East River office complex, the e-commerce giant has agreed to no more than 10 whirlybird landings a month, and to keep all flights over water, according to City Hall.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, a staunch foe of the Amazon plan, said “Hell, no!” last month when asked if Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos should get to chopper in for visits.

“He should take the E train or the 7 train to Court Square and get off.”