The invention discloses a controllable surface type small four-element four-arm helical antenna array, which comprises a four-arm helical antenna array for transmitting and receiving signals, a controllable reflecting surface bracket assembly and four controllable power division feed networks, whereinthe four-arm helical antenna array comprises four self-phase-shifting four-arm helical antennas, and each four-arm helical antenna comprises an adjustable slotted balun with an adjustable slotted length as an antenna outer conductor and an adjustable impedance converter with a movable slip ring as an antenna inner conductor; the controllable reflecting surface bracket assembly comprises four reflecting surfaces, and the four four-arm helical antennas are respectively mounted on the reflecting surfaces; and each controllable power division feed network is respectively connected with each four-arm helical antenna through a coaxial line. The antenna array has the advantages that the antenna array elements are combined with the controllable reflecting surface bracket, the controllable power division feed network and the like, parameters such as array element spacing, array element working quantity, array element direction, phase difference between array elements and the like can be adjusted according to different requirements, and then characteristic parameters such as impedance, frequency band, size, directional diagram, polarization and the like of the antenna array are adjusted.