30-Jul-2012Source: Mail-Tribune
Emergency helicopter landings in Butte Falls, Oregon just got safer with the opening of a new landing area at the edge of town (see full story)... Read more
19-Jul-2012Source: Colombo Page
Following the relaxation of strict regulations that were imposed during the war over entering into the air space of the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Deccan Aviation announced the establishment of the first privately-run helipad in the city center (see full story)... Read more
19-Jul-2012Source: Naharnet
The Saint George Hospital University Medical Center in Beriut’s Ashrafiyeh neighborhood is expected to inaugurate on Thursday a helipad on the roof of the building during a ceremony sponsored by Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut Elias Audeh. (see full story)... Read more
5-Jul-2012Source: Whistler Question
After multiple attempts, the helipad at Whistler Health Care Centre has finally been approved by Transport Canada – see full story... Read more
3-Jul-2012Source: East Chicago community
The East Chicago City Council has approved a special zoning variance allowing St. Catherine Hospital to build a new heliport. (see full story)... Read more
25-Jun-2012
Helicopter test landings were conducted Wednesday afternoon atop the new 11-story hospital in northwest Escondido, at the crossroads of Interstate 15 and state Route 78. (see full story)... Read more
22-Jun-2012Source: HeliExperts International
Leading heliport consulting firm HeliExperts International and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) dedicated the DOD’s first rooftop heliport last month in San Antonio, Texas. Located on the roof of the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, the heliport was commissioned to reduce transport time for critically ill... Read more
21-Jun-2012Source: Hickok & Associates
Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, La., is the latest recipient of Helicopter WAAS LPV procedures – developed by Hickok & Associates, Inc. For the past four years, since FAA approved the company’s WAAS LPV criteria, Hickok & Associate’s has been the only developer of helicopter WAAS LPV procedures. In addition to developing every approach to date,... Read more
18-Jun-2012Source: Amels
The iconic Amels 73.7-metre gets a new helipad and pool with movable floor The beautiful 73.7m motoryacht ILONA set sail again in May, after a very successful eight-month refit. While the yacht has been functioning perfectly since her launch in 2004, the owner wanted a major re-design to accommodate some new ideas into ILONA, as... Read more
14-Jun-2012Source: Nebraska.TV
For 27 years helicopters have been landing and taking off Good Samaritan Hospital’s helipad. Considering the helipad has survived various storms and landings the hospital decided it time for an upgrade. (see full story)... Read more
12-Jun-2012Source: Grande Ronde Hospital
The construction of a helipad at Grande Ronde Hospital began recently. GRH Project Manager Tim Wilcox anticipates full completion of the three-phase project by summer’s end, adding that the majority of the $1.2 million price tag for the project utilizes local contractors, labor and construction supplies. “We estimate a completion date of August 31, 2012... Read more
7-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Helicopter pilots in India have appealed to the local aviation authority (DGCA) with a call for them to undertake auditing of helipads, particularly those on offshore rigs. Such audits are currently rare in India. Earlier this week, DGCA chief E.K. Bharat Bhushan met members of the Rotary Wing Society of India, the Oil and Natural... Read more
4-Jun-2012Source: North West Telegraph
Newman Airport will receive $827,000 from the State Government to upgrade general aviation services. (see full story)... Read more
4-Jun-2012Source: Morning Bulletin
MEMBER for Rockhampton Bill Byrne spoke yesterday in the Queensland Parliament about the pressing need for an emergency helicopter landing area at the city’s hospital. (see full story)... Read more
1-Jun-2012Source: San Antonio Express-News
The first rooftop helipad in the Department of Defense was opened recently at San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. (see full story)... Read more
1-Jun-2012Source: Ukrainian Journal
Kiev City Council aims to check the legality of the construction of a helipad for the Ukrainian president and the compliance of the facility under construction with its design documentation (see full story)... Read more
31-May-2012Source: Info Ayamonte
With EC funding, this is part of a network of helipads – with six new locations added this year. New helipads will be built in Almonte, Cumbres Mayores, Puebla de Guzmán, Aroche, Ayamonte and the Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez in Huelva city. (see full story)... Read more
30-May-2012Source: Phuket Wan
The Royal Thai Navy hopes to have a rescue helicopter landing pad ready to operate on Racha island, in June.  Paitoon Panchaiyabhum, of the Phuket Marine Biological Centre, said that the Navy plans to have helipads approved for other islands off Phuket.... Read more
29-May-2012Source: Alberta Health
STARS air ambulances are now able to land and take off from Chinook Regional Hospital’s new helipad, which was officially approved for use last week by Transport Canada. The helipad, located on the roof of the hospital’s parkade, is rated to handle 8,000 kilograms and will accommodate STARS’ current Eurocopter BK-117 helicopter, as well as... Read more
29-May-2012Source: Union-Times
The helipad is on the Pauma Valley airport strip. It will allow Mercy Air Services to land quickly and take off when patients with medical emergencies need to be transported fast to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido or other facilities. (see full story)... Read more
28-May-2012Source: Boundary Sentinel
The Boundary Hospital heliport will be used by the dedicated emergency helicopter BC Ambulance Services has based in Kamloops to serve residents of the southern interior. Interior Health is issuing an RFP for the planning and design phase of the heliport project. (see full story)... Read more
28-May-2012Source: STV
The helipad is on the grass area at Maggie’s Centre near to the entrance to accident and emergency. It consists of a concrete square with a ring of recessed landing beacons, which were damaged. (see full story)... Read more
16-May-2012Source: SeaCoastOnline
The Board of Adjustment on Tuesday unanimously granted a special exception for a helicopter landing pad to be built at the emergency room entrance to Portsmouth Regional Hospital. (see full story)... Read more
8-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com
The coast of Shandong Province should soon see a total of 14 helistops built to provide SAR helicopters with suitably located landing points to bring casualties from maritime emergencies to hospitals. The will be located at Binzhou, Dongying, Weifang, Weihai, Rizhao, Yantai, and Qingdao, with some of these cities having multiple pads. According to reports,... Read more
2-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Wuxi City in China has recently introduced a new local ordinance that all new buildings over 100m high must have a helipad on the top for emergency use. This is despite a recent report that no fire appliance can tackle a blaze higher than 68m above ground level. Will this become the standard in China? ... Read more
1-May-2012Source: Royal Navy
The Torpoint base stepped in when Plymouth Airport closed and now serves as a ‘lily pad’ for helicopters working for the Flag Officer Sea Training. In their distinctive blue livery, two Dauphin helicopters which serve the RN’s premier training organisation are parked on new landing pads at HMS Raleigh. This is the new and improved... Read more
1-May-2012Source: HELP Appeal
After the successful funding and completion of two hospital emergency landing pads – one onsite at Southampton General Hospital and the other at Oswestry Spinal Injuries hospital – the HELP Appeal is now looking for further helipad projects at key A&E hospitals across the country. The HELP Appeal, established by the County Air Ambulance Trust, provides non-repayable grants to hospitals... Read more
30-Apr-2012Source: UVMC
Ukiah Valley Medical Center has accepted its single largest gift in the history of the hospital to build a new emergency department and intensive care unit. Pauline and Morgan Ruddick, lifelong residents of the Ukiah Valley, have committed $250,000 to the project in support of the hospital’s planned rooftop helipad. “The community has been very... Read more
27-Apr-2012Source: The Vindicator
The required funding has been raised for the new Dayton Rotary Helipad to be located on the grounds of the Dayton Community Center. (see full story)... Read more
18-Apr-2012Source: Peter Aldous MP
Along with fellow Suffolk MP Dan Poulter, Peter Aldous has presented a letter on the future of the East Anglian Air Ambulance to the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley. Peter has written to the Health Secretary in a letter signed by most East Anglian MPs to raise his concerns about... Read more
16-Apr-2012Source: Isle of Wight NHS Trust
The new Isle of Wight NHS Trust has welcomed the approval of planning permission for a helipad at St. Mary’s Hospital, Newport. This will enable patients with life threatening injuries to be flown from the Trauma Unit at St. Mary’s to the Trauma Centre at University Hospital Southampton. St. Mary’s Hospital is now part of... Read more
16-Apr-2012Source: Gloucestershire Echo
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will pay £70,000 towards the work which will be matched by the County Air Ambulance Trust. See full story... Read more
9-Mar-2012Source: Avlite
Avlite is set to begin production of its newest solar-powered product, the only industry-compliant solar powered, LED helipad light on the market. This solar-powered, wirelessly controlled, completely self contained LED helipad light is the only one of its kind to meet ICAO Annex 14, TLOF (Touch Down, Lift-Off) Perimeter Lights and CAP 437 Offshore Helicopter... Read more
29-Feb-2012Source: Buffalo General Medical Center
The newly renamed Buffalo General Medical Center has officially opened its helipad atop its roof on High Street. Two patients have been transported to the facility via Mercy Flight helicopter, one from Lockport Memorial Hospital and the other from Lakeshore Health Care Center in Irving. “Having a helipad is vital to our mission of providing... Read more
27-Feb-2012Source: CayCompass
What started as an attempt to put more cruise ship passengers on a helicopter tour of Grand Cayman and drum up some business on the north side of George Town harbour has ended up in a court fight between the helicopter company, Cayman’s CAA and some downtown property owners. (see full story)... Read more
27-Feb-2012Source: Kent and Sussex Courier
Just steps away from the hospital’s Accident and Emergency department, it will knock vital minutes off the journey time for ill or injured patients being flown in for treatment. (see full story)... Read more
21-Feb-2012
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust needs to alter the site, in Great Western Road, after the recent construction of the multi-storey car park nearby meant helicopters could not fly low enough to land on the existing pad. Nearby trees and other buildings prevent the flight path being from any other direction. As a result the... Read more
6-Feb-2012Source: Whistler Question
Following a failed inspection of upgrades to the facility in December by Transport Canada, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) had planned to have the site ready for re-inspection by now. However, the missing piece of equipment that led the site’s failed inspection is still not ready, forcing VCH to push back the completion to sometime in... Read more
6-Feb-2012Source: Belgian Serbian Business Assoc
According to a notice sent out by the Directorate to the addresses of over 130 local self-governments, municipalities are exempted from fees for the construction and registration of heliports, and their only obligation is to choose the location where a landing area for helicopters can be built. (see full story)... Read more
6-Feb-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Precise Flight are being a little coy about it, but they have posted a short teaser video on YouTube, so they can’t be that private…. The logo, as you can see, includes the strap-line “Helicopter Landing Zone Kit” and the video shows ground fixed strobe lighting to assist helipad lighting in everything but daylight hours... Read more
16-Jan-2012
Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara unveils its new helipad, but it can’t be used for emergencies just yet. State Public Health Officials are scheduled to visit January 23rd for an Inspection. (see full story)... Read more
16-Jan-2012Source: HeliHub.com
A private investor is putting up the money for a helipad which can be used by Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych in the city’s Park Alley. The head of the Kiev City State Administration, Oleksandr Popov, declined to identify the investor behind land owner Amadeus Co, and nor would he be drawn on what other aspects... Read more
16-Jan-2012Source: Cassia Regional Medical Center
Cassia Regional Medical Center held the final inspection and ribbon cutting ceremony for their new helipad on December 28th, 2011. The day marked the culmination of the project which was started in the Spring of 2011. The hospital identified the need to replace their helipad a few years ago, and the funding was included in their... Read more
13-Jan-2012Source: Gloucestershire Echo
There are plans for the helicopter pad at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to be extended so it can be fully used, hospital bosses say. Air ambulances have not touched down at the landing site in Gloucester since construction started on a new multi-storey car park in April 2010. (see full story)... Read more
27-Dec-2011Source: Frimley Park Hospital
Frimley Park Hospital has taken delivery of an early Christmas present in the form of a new helicopter landing pad for its £22m emergency department development. Sections of the helipad are now going into place on the roof of what will be one of the biggest and most modern emergency departments in the country when... Read more
23-Dec-2011Source: CBS Chicago
The lawsuit was filed by SOAR, the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. The group is seeking to have a judge reverse the October ruling by the Illinois Department of Transportation that approved the heliport. (see full story)... Read more
19-Dec-2011Source: Pique
After a time when Transport Canada closed a batch of EMS helipads to force certain upgrades, it gave the hospital management teams opportunities to get all the upgrades done. However, the upgraded pad at Whistler Health Care Centre failed its inspection Thursday (see full story)... Read more
15-Dec-2011Source: London's Air Ambulance
Today marked a moment in history when London’s Air Ambulance, the world’s leading air ambulance, began operating from its new home on top of the new Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The helicopter landed at 8.05am for service. At 284ft high, the helipad is one of the highest in Europe and is almost the same... Read more
5-Dec-2011Source: Flight Light
Flight Light have released a new heliport LED floodlight. It is specially designed for helipads, providing uniform surface lighting for landing and loading activities. Features include: long life, high intensity LEDs, low power consumption, and no regular maintenance. The floodlight housing mounts on a 1″ EMT extension into a 1.5″ NF aluminum breakable coupling. An... Read more
22-Nov-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Following the success of its first three photo galleries – one of which approaches 8,400 images – we are today launching a more specialised gallery covering helipads and heliports. The imperative with this new gallery is to provide a resource for pilots and heliport visitors on the facilities, approach paths, aerial views etc to promote... Read more
18-Nov-2011Source: Hampshire & IOW Air Ambulance
A long awaited event for Southampton General Hospital, and for HIOWAA, took place today. Â The new Helipad, which has been built on the multi story car park, opened with the first landing by the HIOWAA aircraft. Â There were many people there to see it, including members of the Hampshire media, and individuals from both SGH... Read more
17-Nov-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Cayman Islands Helicopters have opened their new helipad on the waterfront of capital city Georgetown, aiming specifically at the cruise ship market. Previously operating from Owen Robert International Airport, the transfer to and from the port (even though only 10 minutes each way!) did not encourage as many cruise passengers as expected. With the new... Read more
1-Nov-2011Source: The Courier
THE state government is considering building the Ballarat Base Hospital helipad over Mair Street, as a structure similar to the one that exists at Melbourne’s The Alfred hospital. (see full story and poll)... Read more
25-Oct-2011Source: Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
The installation of a helistop for medical evacuations in Durham is in the preliminary stages thanks to a donation from GlaxoSmithKline. The helistop would be constructed on the Durham Ambulance property. (See full story)... Read more
21-Oct-2011Source: Reading Post
MD500E owner Jeremy Paxton can use his revolving helicopter pad for ‘recreational sumo wrestling’ but not landing his helicopter, say council planners. Mr Paxton built the revolving pad in his garden so he could rotate his helicopter and take off into the wind, but did so without planning permission and had to apply to the... Read more
20-Oct-2011
R44 owner Jon Gonsoulin, president of LeBeouf Bros., got the OK Monday at Terrebonne’s Board of Adjustment meeting. The decision allows Gonsoulin to put a helipad on his 18-acre residential property in Mulberry Estates, a subdivision along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. (See full story)... Read more
20-Oct-2011
Three helicopter landing pads will be constructed in Kharkiv by the Euro 2012 European Football Championship for delivering medical care to guests and participants of the championship (Full story)... Read more
16-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Helicopters will be able to bring sick patients to the new Children’s Memorial Hospital in Streeterville after the Illinois Department of Transportation approved the heliport Friday. Children’s Memorial said on average, 73 children are brought to its current Lincoln Park location by helicopter every year. William P Johnson – HeliHub.com US correspondent... Read more
10-Oct-2011Source: Maui News
Formerly, patients were flown to a War Memorial Complex field on Kanaloa Avenue where they were transferred from the helicopter to an awaiting ambulance. Now, patients will be flown directly to the helipad, where they’ll be transferred to a motorized patient cart for transport to the hospital’s emergency room. (full story)... Read more
25-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Florence Municipal Airport in Oregon has started a $913,000 project to reconfigure and expand the terminal apron. This will improve function and conformance with the FAA design standards, in addition to relocating the existing fueling area and providing new parking positions for aircraft. A new helicopter pad and parking area is also being constructed. “These... Read more
20-Sep-2011Source: Ukraine Government
The helicopter platform with the passenger terminal with the acceptance rate of fifty passengers per hour and with the access road is put into operation in Kaniv. The solemn opening of the helipad was held with the participation of the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Infrastructure Boris Kolesnikov, the Chairman of Cherkasy Regional State Administration Serhiy Tulub and the... Read more
16-Sep-2011Source: Avlite Systems
Avlite’s Canadian distributor Crouse Hinds Airport Lighting will deliver two solar helipad lighting systems to a large helicopter operator in Africa. One system will be installed in Senegal, the other in Tanzania. The helipad lighting systems, manufactured by Avlite Systems, use the AV70-HI and Apollo Heliport Beacon as a mobile, cost-effective solution for day and night operations. Working... Read more
16-Sep-2011Source: Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to announce that its planning application to vary the flight restrictions on the helipad at Queen Alexandra Hospital has been approved. The Trust sought permission from Portsmouth City Council to vary the flight restrictions on the helipad to meet the changing, and future, health needs of patients in Portsmouth... Read more
12-Sep-2011Source: US Marine Corps
CONSTANTA, Romania — Combat engineers with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 have been in the Black Sea region since April providing community relations projects that help small towns and villages throughout the region. Now, their biggest impression can be seen at the local Constanta County Hospital and Trauma center, where they worked with local contractors to... Read more
9-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Sunshine Coast Airport in Ausralia’s state of Queensland is preparing to create new helipads to move the noise signature of rotary wing movements away from the east side of the airport, thus reducing the environmental impact on residential neighbours in the Pacific Paradise and Mudjimba areas. Major Projects Councillor Debbie Blumel said that the installation... Read more
7-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Great Britain has, over the years, been instrumental in many of the world’s key inventions – the internet, jet engines, hovercraft, radio, television, steam locomotive, the flush toilet, the iPod and so the list goes on. The country also hosted the world’s first Grand Prix in 1907, when the first banked track was completed at... Read more
30-Aug-2011Source: Ministry Health Care
Leaders at Howard Young Medical Center (HYMC) have announced the new helicopter pad on the medical campus in Woodruff is complete. The announcement caps months of work and is part of the ongoing efforts to maintain and enhance the care provided to area patients. The new helipad is located adjacent to the Emergency Department. The... Read more
29-Aug-2011Source: STV
The helipad has been branded “almost useless” after it was revealed two-thirds of emergency flights are unable to land there. The National Health Service said that locating the pad to the rear of the hospital was the only option open at the time of construction, and they are planning a replacement which could be available... Read more
24-Aug-2011Source: Systems Interface
SIL will be showing a selection from the Avlite’s portfolio of environmentally sustainable, eco-friendly, solar powered airfield and Helipad lighting. Avlite Systems is a world-class solar aviation lighting systems manufacturer with a proven reputation for rapid, innovative, and agile technology solutions designed specifically for defence, government, civil and humanitarian aid operations in the most remote... Read more
22-Aug-2011Source: US Army
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Completing a construction project ahead of schedule is unusual in Afghanistan. Completing a 112,000-square-meter rotary wing apron four months early is equally remarkable, as it represents a significant milestone in the on-going expansion at Shindand Air Base. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory... Read more
11-Aug-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Stobart Group has tabled £40 million plans for a huge warehousing and office complex in Cheshire.  The scheme at Widnes Freight Park involves three sheds of 850,000sq ft, 300,000sq ft and 210,000sq ft, a biomass plant and a 12-storey office block with rooftop helicopter pad. The company is one of the UK’s major corporate helicopter... Read more
2-Aug-2011
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is applying to the city council to scrap the current 8am to 6pm landing restrictions on the helipad at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham. The council, which imposed the restrictions when granting permission for the helipad to be built in 2007, will make the ultimate decision. (Full story).... Read more
28-Jul-2011Source: Business Standard
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended all helicopter operations at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse here, after a safety audit revealed it lacked fire-fighting facilities and was functioning without required regulatory approvals. (Full story)... Read more
7-Jul-2011Source: French Tribune
Provincial Health Minister, Theresa Oswald has announced that they are planning to build a helipad at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC). The helipad will improve the effectiveness of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter ambulance (full story)... Read more
3-Jul-2011Source: Peninsula Daily News
Susan Strand, one of the Army’s first women helicopter pilots, christened Sequim’s new emergency helipad near Olympic Medical Center’s Sequim Cancer Center on Thursday. [Full story]... Read more