25-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The heliport at Santo Domingo will soon be remodelled, claims Airport Dept. Director Marino Collante. As reported by Dominican Today, the construction that will take place will add three helipads, helicopter parking, a terminal building and ancillary facilities. ... Read more
25-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil has received £700,000 by the Welsh Government for a new helipad. The old helipad was unsuitable for night flights, reports ITV. The new development will allow for 24 hour care for all patients. The new helipad is hoped to be completed by March 2017.... Read more
25-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
A helipad has been proposed for opposite the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital (AMGH) in Goderich. Currently, the procedure of driving an ambulance to a patient, transporting them to the airport and then being transferred onto an Ornge helicopter and flown to the hospital can take up to 30 minutes, if all goes smoothly. A... Read more
25-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
A group of citizens have started a petition to close the Downtown Manhattan Heliport on the grounds that it is a risk to public safety and health, as well as being a noise complaint to local residential areas. The claims of the ‘Stop the Chop’ petition will be evaluated by the Mayor’s office, reports NY... Read more
18-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Northland Rescue Helicopter has received, through community funding, all-weather landing pads for Whangarei Heads, Ruawai and Kerikeri. Other communities are following suit, reports NZ Herald, and are planning on building the same helipads. Northland Rescue Helicopter has already been called out 705 times, making this the busiest year so far.... Read more
18-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Travancore Devaswom Board has recently opened a helipad at Nilackal. The new helipad will be open as a pay-as-you-use facility, especially with tourist season coming up. Each take-off will cost Rs. 20, 000, reports The Hindu. ... Read more
18-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Wall Street area helipad is under fire as a group of citizens is suing the city for not conducting the environmental reviews that were required. As reported by the NY Post, the helipad, largely used for tourists, creates a large amount of noise, violating common-law policies.... Read more
16-Nov-2016Source: St David's Georgetown Hospital
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital announced today a $1.9-million capital investment for the construction of a helipad and 81 additional parking spaces. A new helipad will save time and resources in transporting critical patients to and from St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Additional parking spaces are necessary to meet the growth in volume of patients and employees.... Read more
8-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Revelstoke and District Health Foundation held their first fundraiser this past Monday to help raise funds for the construction of a helipad at Queen Victoria Hospital. The project already has donations from various corporations, non-profits and individuals, but the goal is to reach $465 000. The idea for a helipad started in 2010, with... Read more
5-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital is still a year away from its grand opening, but there are still sections of the plan that have to be completed. Kaleida Health is working towards a helipad on the roof of the new hospital. They already have two helipads, one ontop of Buffalo General Medical Centre and one... Read more
4-Nov-2016Source: King's College Hospital
The new helipad will save thousands of lives, helping the hospital serve its trauma population of 4.5 million people across south east London and Kent. Built on top of the hospital’s 10-storey Ruskin Wing, the helipad has been made possible thanks to a multi-million-pound donation from the County Air Ambulance HELP Appeal – the only... Read more
4-Nov-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Mater Hospital has been granted permission for a landing pad by Dublin City Council, despite the protests from local residents. The residents’ complaints circle around the safety issues of the landing pad and he noise it might bring. To accommodate with these issues, the local authorities have limited the permission to three years, to reassess... Read more
1-Nov-2016Source: HELP Appeal
King’s College Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of its helipad. The new helipad will save thousands of lives, helping the hospital serve its trauma population of 4.5 million people across south east London and Kent. Built on top of the hospital’s 10-storey Ruskin Wing, the helipad has been made possible thanks to a... Read more
26-Oct-2016Source: HELP Appeal
The HELP Appeal has provided a total of £2,267,000 non-repayable grants in September to hospitals across the United Kingdom, including £700,000 donated to hospitals in Scotland, to assist with the construction of new and upgraded hospital helipads. In September they contributed towards the construction of new and upgraded emergency landing pads at eight hospitals throughout... Read more
20-Oct-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Two hundred people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony of Wayne Memorial Hospital’s new helipad, on Fair Avenue. The Times Tribune reported that the helipad cost up to $124 000. A large amount of that cost was paid through the fundraising of Wayne Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. The new helipad helps bring Wayne Memorial to an IV trauma... Read more
13-Oct-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Faith Hospital held their opening ceremony on October 3rd of their new helipad. This new helipad provides the Cayman Islands with a sorely needed emergency landing area. As reported by Cayman Compass, the use of a helipad will greatly reduce the response time and the time it takes for critical patients to receive care. The... Read more
10-Oct-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Prince Country Hospital will receive $200 000 in upgrades to their heliport. Health PEI’s Capital Repairs and Maintenance Fund is providing the money for the upgrade. Journal Pioneer reports that new perimeter lighting will be installed, as well as obstruction lights, replacing the fence line, repainting the helipad markings, increasing the size of the helipad... Read more
7-Oct-2016Source: HELP Appeal
This month (September) HRH The Duke of York officially launched the opening of a new HELP Appeal funded state-of-the-art helipad, at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield. The £2 million site is now fully operational and can accept major trauma patients from across the region, with funding over £1 million from the HELP Appeal – the... Read more
6-Oct-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital in Maine has recently opened their new helipad. This is now the 32nd helipad LifeFlight can use. As reported by WABI TV, the new helipad can cut a half an hour wait down to 14 minutes for patients. LifeFlight sees the new helipad as an achievement of their goal for a... Read more
30-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The development application to install a floating helipad on Perth’s Swan River has been approved by the Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. An Expression of Interest (EOI) was released in 2013 for a new helipad in the CBD to aid tourism, but was later retracted as the costs could not be met. Brett... Read more
30-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Winnipeg’s Health Service Centre (HSC) is eager to see the opening of a long delayed rooftop helipad. HSC and the City of Winnipeg are doing final safety tests to prove that all systems are operational and up to standard, once these tests are done they will receive an occupancy permit, reports Global News. The helipad... Read more
26-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Plans for the expansion and modernization or the Santo Domingo Heliport have been completed. The heliport will be able to receive 6 helicopters and will be operational 24 hours a day, all week. The heliport will provide access to medical treatment to people across the country and the islands near the Dominican Republic, reports Dominican... Read more
22-Sep-2016Source: Orga
Certification gives customers assurance that Circle-H meets all CAP 437 requirements. Orga, a world leader in the design and manufacture of state-of the-art helideck lighting systems, aids to navigation equipment and obstruction aviation lighting, today announced that its Circle-H touchdown positioning and heliport identification marking (TD/PM) system has been certified by CAA International (CAAi) to... Read more
21-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charity (CMFT Charity) has reached £3.9 million for funds for a new helipad in central Manchester. The Time Saves Lives Helipad Appeal was established in September 2015 and thanks to all the supporters, the generous donations from County Air Ambulance Trust’s HELP and the Government’s LIBOR fines fund,... Read more
21-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Kurow Medical Centre might be able to use the Kurow Recreation Reserve as an emergency helipad, pending the vote on approving a lease, but under four conditions. They have to meet Civil Aviation Authority requirements, adhere to proposed lease provisions, attain resource consent and that the helipad will be subject to public notification. The... Read more
20-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Lane Regional Medical Centre successfully opened its newly constructed helipad. As reported by The Advocate, the new helipad will be beneficial in transporting high risk patients with life threatening conditions. Before the pad was built, they received around 10 air ambulance cases a year, now since the opening, the hospital has received seven patients so... Read more
16-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Statoil has had its first successful landing of its Sikorsky S-92 on its new Mariner B Helideck. The inaugurating flight began at CHC’s Aberdeen Airport, making this its first offshore flight for the Mariner B. CHC and Statoil are happy with the outcome of their alliance, reports Energy Voice. The pilots, support teams and engineers... Read more
6-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Geelong Hospital officially opened its new helipad on the Baxter Wing on Friday, by the Health and Ambulance Services Minister, Jill Hennessy. The helipad has been operation since June and in that time has benefited more than 30 patients. The hospital previously used a grounded helipad, causing the emergency cases to be carried through the... Read more
6-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Perdido Key Fire Station, Florida USA, received a motion declaring the Perdido Key helipad would be temporarily closed while investigations were underway to ensure the safety of the pad, as well as reviewing the insurance and the inspection requirements. However, the temporary closure can be overrode if there is an emergency with no alternate landing... Read more
2-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Southwest Hants Fire Station in Vaughan, Canada, celebrated the first use of it’s new helipad as The Life Flight helicopter touched ground. It was a joyous occasion met by the community and firefighters from Southwest Hants Fire Station, Wolfville, Brooklyn and Hansport. This new helipad serves as a midway between Vaughan and Chester, with... Read more
19-Aug-2016Source: Helipaddy
Helipaddy, the helicopter landing site app, has flown past the 10,000 location milestone with little sign of stopping as coverage expands in Africa, Australia and the USA. Helipaddy has remained very focussed on data quality which becomes a real challenge with this many locations. Thanks to their core moderation system, they are able to scale... Read more
17-Aug-2016Source: SMJH
Recently, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital made fast transport to its emergency services easier, opening a new helipad just outside its hospital-based emergency department. “One of our goals is to provide easy access to the care that our community needs, especially in areas of the Blue Ridge region that need access to emergency care,” noted Jonathan... Read more
8-Aug-2016Source: HEYH
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has submitted proposals to Hull City Council’s Planning Committee to create a new helipad at the back of Hull Royal Infirmary. The hospital serves the region as a Major Trauma Centre, regularly receiving emergency patients via helicopter and organising patient transfers via air ambulance. A number of providers... Read more
14-Jul-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The latest smartphone game craze Pokémon Go has raised safety concerns at some hospital helipads – but is it justified? The game, which sees users chasing game characters in real life, is a clever mix between a game and a smartphone real-life mapping application. The Pokémon characters show up seemingly at random, encouraging users to... Read more
2-Jul-2016Source: BGE
BGE and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) have finalized an agreement to utilize BGE’s Spring Gardens Facility in Baltimore as an alternate landing site for medevac helicopters transporting patients to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center / University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). A simulated patient transport, including a test helicopter landing... Read more
29-Jun-2016Source: HELP Appeal
Today marks the launch of a new state-of-the-art helipad, at the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, with funding over £1 million from the HELP Appeal – the only charity in the country dedicated to delivering helicopter landing pads at all Major Trauma Centres and key A&E hospitals across England and Scotland. The site is now fully... Read more
14-Jun-2016Source: HELP Appeal
The emergency helicopter landing pad at Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway has had a state-of-the-art upgrade thanks to a £40,000 donation from the HELP (Helicopter Emergency Landing Pads) Appeal – the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding the construction of hospital helipads. NHS Western Isles received the surprise cash injection from the HELP... Read more
8-Jun-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Council in the South Australian state capital of Adelaide has today launched a plan to build a helipad in the central business district. While the Council is not committing any funding, there is the possibility of either some land being leased by them for use as a heliport, or a floating heliport in the... Read more
8-Jun-2016Source: HELP
There have been over 280 air ambulance and search and rescue helicopter landings at Derriford Hospital since the helipad was opened in June 2015. Many of the patients have been involved in vehicle incidents or sustained falls. Before the helipad was built, the hospital had to settle for a grassy set-down area for air ambulances... Read more
8-Jun-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Portuguese town of Loulé has rejected a request for their municipal heliport to be used as a gateway to support oil and gas exploration off the country’s Algarve coastline. The request was to use the heliport for night flights from a period of at least 45 days starting in September and at times when... Read more
7-Jun-2016Source: Oryx
Since October last year Oryx Aviation Consulting (OAC) have been establishing themselves as the preferred provider of Helideck and Helipad inspection services and consultancy, according to both local Regulations and the UK CAP 437, in the UAE and wider MENA region. The company is now offering CAP 437 compliant helideck friction tests utilizing the recognized... Read more
31-May-2016Source: HeliHub.com
In recent years, Sanford AirMed in North Dakota has had to base their Airbus EC145 out of Fargo Airport due to the over-development of the hospital site. With the construction of the new Sanford Medical Center Fargo that will be reversed as it has been designed with a helipad on top of the ground ambulance... Read more
16-May-2016Source: HeliHub.com
In a surprise move, city planners in the Indian city of Mumbai have proposed to allow helipads on rooftops of buildings over 200 metres in height without any planning application or approval. The proposal allows the helipad to project out by 1.2 metres from the building line too. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation – the local authority... Read more
13-May-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Located in a rural area, Clay County Hospital is located in a less easiliy accessible area. As a critical access hospital, it focuses on common conditions and outpatient care, and frequently needs to refer patients with other conditions to other hospitals. In turn this means more than 100 Clay County helicopter transports per year, mostly... Read more
3-May-2016Source: Nova Scotia Health
A new Emergency Health Services (EHS) mobile critical care ground-transfer unit is now providing intensive care for EHS LifeFlight patients en route to Halifax hospitals. This unit was originally planned for launch later this year. It was moved up in response to a recent change in Transport Canada policy that prohibited the EHS LifeFlight helicopter... Read more
3-May-2016Source: Avlite Systems
Avlite Systems today announced its complete heliport solutions brochure. Avlite Systems have worked extensively over the past two years to complete its heliport product offering and with its latest release of the all new LED inset Omnidirectional heliport lighting products and along with the cutting-edge monitoring and control systems Avlite Systems can now provide a... Read more
29-Apr-2016Source: Vanderbilt
In partnership with Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Vanderbilt LifeFlight will soon be expanding its footprint to serve the Upper Cumberland region by adding an emergency helicopter base in Cookeville, Tennessee. Cookeville Regional Medical Center (CRMC) CEO Paul Korth said the addition of the helicopter is a “win-win” for everyone,... Read more
28-Apr-2016Source: Goldendale Sentinel
The helipad came with a price tag of about $190,000 that covered all its related expenses. And among the chief contributors paying that bill was the KVH Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization created to assist the hospital through charitable and fundraising outreaches. See full story... Read more
20-Apr-2016Source: Arabian Aerospace
David Sale, who heads the company’s regional sales for the Middle East and C.I.S., said though the region has a proliferation of helipads on major buildings, particularly in the five-star hotel and resort segment, helicopter travel is held back by a lack of dedicated infrastructure and operating systems. – See full story... Read more
19-Apr-2016Source: Echo Net Daily
Health bureaucrats in charge of the new Byron Central Hospital have confirmed that the new $88m facility will not have a helipad. See full story... Read more
18-Apr-2016Source: Harrison Daily
Even though AirEvac has been using its helicopter base adjacent to North Arkansas Regional Medical Center on Main Street for about three months, it’s officially open now. See full story... Read more
14-Apr-2016Source: Herald Tribune
The western border of Concession Golf Club with Schroeder-Manatee Ranch is 3,350 feet away from homes to the south, and 994 feet away from homes to the east in Panther Ridge Foxwood – and an acoustics evaluation found the likely impact to be negligible – but the neighbours still complained. See full story... Read more
8-Apr-2016Source: Helipaddy
Helipaddy, the world’s largest moderated database of helicopter landing sites and points of interest, is expanding through a new collaboration with the Good Hotel Guide. This will increase the already-impressive Helipaddy database with helipads at every relevant hotel in the Good Hotel Guide worldwide. The Helipaddy smartphone apps and website are being updated with around... Read more
23-Mar-2016Source: Glen Innes Examiner
The Glen Innes helipad looks set to get off the ground as design plans were handed over to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall See full story... Read more
23-Mar-2016Source: Atlas
Market leader in digital learning technologies Atlas Knowledge Group has achieved its first ever course accreditation from one of the helicopter industry’s leading authorities which regulates the safe operation of helidecks and helicopter landing sites. The Helideck Certification Agency (HCA), which works to ensure the safe landing and take-off of helicopters across the world, has... Read more
23-Mar-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Hamad General Hospital, in Qatari capital of Doha, will expand its current operating theatre facility with a new surgical building and a newly constructed 800-car space multi-storey parking tower. The facility will offer 17 new surgical theatres with three additional specialist theaters as well as two interventional radiology suites. This facility will also feature dedicated... Read more
22-Mar-2016Source: CMUH
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will receive over £1 million to help pay for the first hospital helipad in the city centre, the Chancellor announced in yesterday’s Budget. The £1.1million will go towards an existing appeal for £3.9m to build the landing pad and infrastructure at the Trust’s central Manchester hospitals site, where... Read more
15-Mar-2016Source: Park Record
The ongoing helicopter controversy has now been grounded for the next six months after the Summit County Council approved a temporary ordinance on Wednesday banning new helicopter landing sites in the Snyderville Basin. See full story... Read more
9-Mar-2016Source: HELP Appeal
The HELP Appeal – the only charity in the UK dedicated to funding the construction of hospital helipads– has made another huge donation of £50,000 towards Northern General Hospital’s helipad, bringing it ever closer to its final target of £2million. Over the past two years, the HELP Appeal has raised over £1 million – over... Read more
29-Feb-2016Source: Revelstoke Mountaineer
Emergency patients will get to hospital quicker if fundraising efforts for an upgraded helipad facility at the Queen Victoria Hospital make it to the projected cost of $465,000. See more details... Read more
29-Feb-2016Source: FEC Heliports
FEC Heliports Worldwide Ltd is pleased to announce that their HEMS-Star portable battery powered LED helipad lighting system has achieved CE certification for the European Union with FCC certification for operation in the USA pending. The HEMS-Star® Helipad Light is a battery powered, microprocessor controlled light designed for rapid deployment in temporary and emergency situations... Read more
26-Feb-2016Source: Midlands Air Ambulance
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is a step closer to undertaking air ambulance missions at night, as four night-approved lit helipad sites have now gone live across the region, at Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Bishops Castle and Shobdon. The charity currently operates 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, flying full air ambulance missions in daylight across... Read more
25-Feb-2016Source: ABC
A government grant will help build a new helicopter emergency landing pad at the township of Adelaide River, 100 kilometres south of Darwin. See Full Story... Read more
22-Feb-2016Source: The Hindu
N. Chandrababu Naidu, who long ago had made his mark in politics as one who ‘means business’, is poised to set yet another example to his counterparts in other States as a ‘high-flying Chief Minister’. See Full Story... Read more
10-Feb-2016Source: Airbus
Airbus Helicopters has received EASA certification for the Rig’N Fly (Rig Integrated GPS approaches with eNhanced Fly-ability and safetY), an avionics enhancement designed to provide automatic rig approaches for offshore operations. First developed on H225, it will also be implemented on H175 (end 2016) and on H160. Rig’N Fly uses a combination of sensors (GPS,... Read more
1-Feb-2016Source: Exmouth Journal
Budleigh Salterton Town Council was asked to consider a site in the town for the emergency vehicles to land when it’s dark. See Full Story... Read more
29-Jan-2016Source: Preston County
The Preston County Board of Education gave permission to Danny Bainbridge of PVE Sheffler, a firm hired to assess and develop town improvement projects in Terra Alta, to seek funding to build a helipad for medical emergencies at Terra Alta’s East Preston School. See Full Story... Read more
25-Jan-2016Source: Swift County Monitor News
Sunday afternoon the sound of a helicopter passing low overhead signaled a LifeLink III helicopter on its way to pick up a patient from the Swift County-Benson Hospital. See Full Story... Read more
25-Jan-2016Source: CBC News
The helipad at Prince County Hospital in Summerside has been closed to night flights since Transport Canada made the recommendation in April 2015, CBC News has learned. See Full Story... Read more
14-Jan-2016Source: HSC
A new helipad slated to open this spring at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg is expected to speed up helicopter transport times by as much as half an hour. The opening of the helipad located atop the new Diagnostic Centre for Excellence building will allow the Shock and Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) air ambulance helicopter... Read more
13-Jan-2016Source: Mid-day
The company has approached the state for a waiver of the steep landing fees at the racecourse helipad; it also plans services from the city to Matheran and Elephanta. See full story.... Read more
13-Jan-2016Source: The Times of India
Giridih district authorities visited Parasnath Hill on Saturday and identified a plot of land for the construction of a helipad near Gautam Swami tonk – a temple named after Jain saint Gautam Swami atop the hill. See full story.... Read more
12-Jan-2016Source: OAC
Following the recent introduction of a robust regulatory framework concerning helideck and helipads by the GCAA (General Civil Aviation Authority) in the United Arab Emirates, a new locally based company Oryx Aviation Consulting (OAC) has been founded in order to assist major Oil and Gas, Government and Private clients achieve the approval or certification of... Read more
11-Dec-2015Source: The Northerner
Hennepin County Medical Center broke ground on their new clinic and specialty building Nov. 12 on the 700 block of South Eighth St. The 377,000 square feet, $220.8 million project is expected to receive its first patient in January 2018.See Full Story... Read more
9-Dec-2015Source: The Mercury
THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter has simulated successful aeromedical retrievals to the Royal Hobart Hospital this morning as part of preparations for the construction of the new K-Block helipad next year. See Full Story... Read more
