15-Apr-2015Source: Highland News
If you notice more helicopters in the air in and around Highland, there’s a reason. Sheriff’s Aviation has completed its move from Rialto Airport to San Bernardino International Airport. See Full Story... Read more
7-Apr-2015Source: Yek A Terinburg News
Yekaterinburg’s Koltsovo Airport recently opened its helipad to simplify operations while increasing its passenger base. See Full Story... Read more
1-Apr-2015Source: NHS
The first helicopter test landing has taken place on the new south Glasgow hospital’s helipad. Yesterday a Scottish Ambulance Service EC135 air ambulance operated by Bond Air Services performed a perfect landing on the state-of-the-art helipad on the roof of the 14 storey hospital. The helipad has a dedicated rapid access lift which can transfer... Read more
31-Mar-2015Source: ABC
The State Government has committed $70,000 to build a helipad at the Peterborough airstrip in South Australia’s mid-north. See full story... Read more
19-Mar-2015Source: Buffalo News
Kaleida Health is seeking permission from the state to build a $1.1 million helipad on the roof of the new John R. Oishei Children’s Hospital now under construction on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. See Full Story... Read more
17-Mar-2015Source: News
Ambulance helicopters will again be allowed to land at Royal Melbourne Hospital after a helipad was shut down due to nearby construction work. See Full Story... Read more
13-Mar-2015Source: The Sudburystar
Ornge helicopters are again flying in and out of Health Sciences North’s Ramsey Lake Health Centre after a faulty elevator cut off access to the hospital’s helipad last month. See Full Story... Read more
12-Mar-2015Source: ABC News
The helipad at the Royal Melbourne Hospital has been closed for weeks due to concerns that a nearby crane on a construction site is intruding airspace. See Full Story... Read more
4-Mar-2015Source: Herald Extra
On cloudy days, like the ones Utah Valley has been experiencing lately, it will take little effort to spot one of the new MountainStar helicopters flying across the sky. See Full Story... Read more
1-Mar-2015Source: WellSpan
WellSpan York Hospital, today, officially opened its new, state-of-the-art helipad as part of the hospital’s ongoing $50 million overhaul of its emergency department, enhancing the hospital’s ability to provide advanced, life-saving specialty care to the region’s sickest and most seriously injured patients. WellSpan York Hospital is the only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center in... Read more
19-Feb-2015Source: dnaIndia
Mumbai is expected to have more helipads now because the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has framed a policy on it in its new development plan. See Full Storey... Read more
12-Feb-2015Source: Didsbury Review
The new helipad at the Didsbury hospital should be completed by the late summer of this year, according to officials involved with the project. See Full Story ... Read more
5-Feb-2015Source: GA
Guidance Aviation has officially announced the launch of its “LZ Network”, emphasizing off-airport operations and real world training. The off-airport network of helipads and landing zones includes a floating helipad atop the organization’s 75’ft houseboat. Students practice pinnacle landings, confined areas, off-airport operations, and water landings. In addition to the over-water helipad on Lake Powell,... Read more
2-Feb-2015Source: Welsh
A number of hospitals in Wales have existing helicopter landing sites but only three currently support 24-hour-a-day landings – Ysbyty Gwynedd, in Bangor; Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, in Rhyl and Morriston Hospital, in Swansea. The £180,000 investment announced today means helicopter landing sites, which have already been cleared for day landings, will become available for night... Read more
2-Feb-2015Source: King’s College Hospital
The facility at King’s will be London’s third helipad, and serve a trauma population of 5.5 million people across south east London and Kent. The multi-million pound helipad will speed up the time it takes helicopters to transfer critically ill patients to King’s. The helipad will be built on top of an existing tower-block on... Read more
30-Jan-2015Source: The Miami Times
Jackson South Community Hospital celebrated the opening of its new helipad with an inaugural helicopter landing Friday, Jan. 23. The new helipad will allow air ambulance transfers between Jackson South and other hospitals. See Full Story... Read more
30-Jan-2015Source: Montreal Gazette
“In any self-respecting metropolis, all means of transportation are important,” Coderre said. “It’s done in New York and across the world. Even the plans for the MUHC (McGill University Health Centre) called for one (but it didn’t come through). … They have one on the island in Toronto, in Mississauga. Even Mont-Tremblant has one.” See... Read more
21-Jan-2015Source: Nottingham Post
A helipad at the Queen’s Medical Centre is a step closer to being built after plans were submitted to Nottingham City Council. See Full Story... Read more
13-Jan-2015Source: The Hour
Helicopters serving Norwalk Hospital could be flying in over a residential neighborhood from the northwest — if only a few times a year — under a proposed new flight path plan. See Full Story... Read more
13-Jan-2015Source: WCPO
There will be no helipad construction in Mason. See Full Story... Read more
12-Jan-2015Source: Yibada
Beijing’s highest helipad located on the 81st floor of China World Summit Wing was formally put into operation and is expected to provide both emergency rescue and sightseeing services after its successful test flights on Tuesday, Jan. 6. See Full Story... Read more
9-Jan-2015Source: Cincinnati
A proposed hospital helicopter landing pad that’s drawn opposition from nearby residents and business owners is set for a public hearing Monday, Jan. 12, before Mason’s City Council. See Full Story... Read more
6-Jan-2015Source: Hindustan Times
In a move that may help corporate heads, industrialists, VIPs and VVIPs visiting the city, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) plans to build a new helipad, with parking space for two choppers, in south Mumbai. See Full Story... Read more
22-Dec-2014Source: The National
The General Civil Aviation Authority has awarded the Burj Al Arab with the first heliport licence in the UAE. See Full Story... Read more
15-Dec-2014Source: Swift County Monitor
Swift County will contribute $13,333 toward the cost of constructing a helipad two blocks west of the Swift County-Benson Hospital. The site is a vacant lot just to the east of the Civic Center and north of Swift County Human Services building. See Full Story... Read more
15-Dec-2014Source: RT
Top brass in Russia will now be swift and mobile not only at drills, but also while navigating through Moscow. Their new berthing and helipad facility on the Moscow River will provide jamless access to the newly-built national defense HQ by air and water. See Full Story... Read more
8-Dec-2014Source: PSC
Manatee County on Dec. 6 will unveil a new helistop that will allow helicopters to land at the Public Safety Center in the event of a disaster. Manatee County Emergency Management officials worked with SRQ Composite Squadron, FL-044 Florida Wing, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, to design the helistop. The Public Safety Center... Read more
26-Nov-2014Source: Praesidian
Praesidian Capital Europe (“Praesidian”), which provides senior and subordinated debt along with growth capital predominantly to UK companies, announced today that it has provided first lien debt to support the acquisition of Helideck Certification Agency Limited (“HCA”) by a group of private investors. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, HCA is the leading provider of inspection and... Read more
21-Nov-2014Source: Heraldsun
The $177 million expansion of the 230-bed hospital would allow it to treat about 50,000 emergency patients a year. See Full Story... Read more
21-Nov-2014Source: Thanhnein News
Ho Chi Minh City’s leaders have abandoned plans to add a helicopter pad and tunnel to the downtown administrative center, an official said. See Full Story... Read more
21-Nov-2014Source: Ptleader
Quilcene Fire Rescue (QFR) has designated a new helicopter landing zone in Quilcene while the usual site is unavailable for about six months. See Full Story... Read more
18-Nov-2014Source: Peninsula Clarion
Since work began 14 months ago on the PRL Logistics Inc. facility at Kenai Landing, CEO Ron Hyde has strived to be a good neighbor in the community. See Full Story... Read more
17-Nov-2014Source: PSA
The audit was performed with assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority Norway (CAA Norway). Objective The objective of this audit was to review and evaluate the company’s management of emergency preparedness and helicopter operation at Ekofisk 2/4-L. We requested a presentation of the processes that COPSAS has established to ensure that prerequisites, limitations and recommendations... Read more
14-Nov-2014Source: Philly
The Philadelphia 76ers are planning to install a helipad and two large signs on the practice facility and offices the team is planning to build in Camden. See Full Story... Read more
14-Nov-2014Source: Homer News
Sometimes more isn’t better, it’s more confusing. Case in point, city of Homer Ordinance 14-49, with 136 words in the title. While it was clear it had to do with helipads and heliports, small wonder it caused confusion. See Full Story... Read more
13-Nov-2014Source: Stuff
The Wellington waterfront whirr made by a Helipro chopper is a thing of the past with the closure of five of its bases, including one at Queens Wharf. See Full Story... Read more
11-Nov-2014Source: Herald
Installation of a helicopter pad has begun outside the new Sierra Vista Regional Health Center emergency department and when it is done it will have the capacity for two medical helicopters, JEDunn Construction superintendent Jesse Hunt said. See Full Story... Read more
6-Nov-2014Source: NHS
The Sheffield Helipad Appeal: ‘Saving Time, Saving Lives’, is being launched by Sheffield Hospitals Charity to raise funds to build a new helipad very close to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at the Northern General. The new helipad will mean that patients requiring life-saving treatment can be transferred to the Major Trauma Centre (MTC)... Read more
31-Oct-2014Source: Yourhoustonnews
Two helicopters descended from a cloudless sky to touch down at the newly opened private heliport just past the serene neighborhoods on Hanna Road in the Oak Ridge area Friday. See Full Story... Read more
24-Oct-2014Source: Worldontheshore
The borough council will soon adopt an ordinance that will limit the hours and number of flights of a proposed heliport use at Fort Monmouth. See Full Story... Read more
24-Oct-2014Source: lvl
About 40 residents turned out Thursday night to a hearing in Bushkill Township concerning plans by an Upper Mount Bethel Township businessman to construct a helicopter pad on Keller Road. See Full Story... Read more
21-Oct-2014Source: abc7news
San Francisco may get its first helipad in decades. See Full Story... Read more
15-Oct-2014Source: ASU
United States, Boise, Idaho based Aviation Specialties Unlimited Inc., (ASU) announced today, from the showroom floor at the Helitech International Convention in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that the company has signed a new sales and service agreement with Vienna, Austria based Helikopter Air Transportation GmbH (HeliAir).With the agreement, ASU will train HeliAir technicians on night vision goggle... Read more
15-Oct-2014Source: Sheffield Hospitals Charity
We are very excited to be launching our brand new appeal today: The Helipad Appeal. The “Saving Time, Saving Lives” campaign is kicking off today with a launch at the Northern General Hospital – the site where the new helipad will be built. The appeal is being launched to raise funds to build a new... Read more
14-Oct-2014Source: Nordic Rotors
The very first helicopter has landed at the Karolinska University Hospital’s brand new helipad in Solna, near downtown Stockholm. The local EC 135 EMS helicopter SE-JFN, piloted by Richard Johansson of Scandinavian MediCopter, did the landing on Friday afternoon. The new two-place helipad sits on top of a new trauma center that is being built... Read more
9-Oct-2014Source: Register Herland
A new heliport pad atop a garage at the Beckley VA Medical Center is ready to transfer patients with ease. See Full Story... Read more
8-Oct-2014Source: SWH
SWH Civils has recently tendered for and won the contract for the construction of a helipad at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth. This exciting project, which is due to commence at the end of October, will provide a new helicopter landing facility enabling a wider range of aircraft to land at Derriford Hospital Emergency Unit. The works... Read more
2-Oct-2014Source: CBS Los Angeles
A new helipad at West Hills Hospital could make a big difference for critical burn patients throughout the region. See Full Story... Read more
1-Oct-2014Source: abc
The reform of Fire Department “Regulation No. 10” was announced Monday by Mayor Eric Garcetti and other officials during a news conference on the rooftop helipad of the downtown AT&T Center. “Every rule that we have is well-intentioned, well thought-out, but often outdated,” the mayor said. See Full Story... Read more
29-Sep-2014Source: WBTW
A Florida man was arrested after deputies say he refused to move his car so a helicopter could land and transport a victim to the hospital after a serious car accident. See Full Story... Read more
29-Sep-2014Source: The Herald
ROYAL Navy officials are set to spend £4million on a new city helipad – after losing the one they used when Plymouth City Airport closed. See Full Story... Read more
24-Sep-2014Source: Cornwall Air Ambulance
CORNWALL Air Ambulance says a new helipad to be built at Derriford Hospital will make a dramatic difference to Cornish patients. The hospital – the South West’s Major Trauma Centre – announced today that £1.7m of funding has been agreed for a purpose-built helipad, which will be in operation by Summer 2015. The announcement comes... Read more
9-Sep-2014Source: Helipad kneeboards
Helipad LLC has launched a new pilot kneeboard designed by helicopter pilots for helicopter pilots. “Although we specifically designed our kneeboards with the helicopter pilot in mind, any pilot who desires the ability to maintain hardcopy checklists or approach plates and an iPad or iPad Mini within a tightly spacedor open cockpit environment would benefit... Read more
8-Sep-2014Source: My Fox NY
The New Jersey Department of Transportation has re-affirmed its approval for Atlantic Health System to construct and operate a restricted use helipad at Overlook Medical Center. See full story... Read more
27-Aug-2014Source: STV
Two pilots have been suspended after they landed a helicopter on the wrong North Sea oil platform. See Full Story... Read more
21-Aug-2014Source: Tuoitre News
The designing plan of the new administrative center of Ho Chi Minh City must include the construction of a helipad inside its headquarters, the municipal government said in a recent fiat. See Full Story... Read more
20-Aug-2014Source: RSH
Air Ambulances which cover Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales today welcomed an upgrade of the helipad at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). The upgrade, which will take about seven weeks to complete with work beginning from today (18 August), will allow some of the newer larger air ambulances to land on the site... Read more
20-Aug-2014Source: The Murray Valley Standard
A final location for the Mannum hospital helipad is still up in the air with an agreement between the Mid Murray Council and Mannum Health Advisory Committee (HAC) yet to be reached. See Full Story... Read more
19-Aug-2014Source: Daily Record
Worried staff working at one of Scotland’s biggest hospitals have raised fears over its helicopter pad. See Full Story... Read more
18-Aug-2014Source: Leesburg Today
The public hearing has not yet been scheduled, but the application to establish a private heliport on a rural estate is sparking lots of comments on the county planning department’s online input system. See Full Story... Read more
14-Aug-2014Source: The Star
The helipad project in Taman Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur is expected to be operational by the end of the year, said Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal Talib. See Full Story... Read more
11-Aug-2014Source: IBJ
St. Vincent Heart Center is seeking city permission to build a helipad on church-owned property south of 103rd Street in Carmel, about a half-mile from the specialty hospital. See Full Story... Read more
7-Aug-2014Source: ABC
The developers behind the $200 million Trinity Point Marina development have re-submitted plans for a helipad in Lake Macquarie despite community concerns about noise. “See Full Story“... Read more
28-Jul-2014Source: Seacoast Online
The Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a request from Portsmouth Regional Hospital for a special exemption to build a helipad in the hospital’s parking lot. See full story... Read more
23-Jun-2014Source: Geisinger
Geisinger Health System recently introduced a new state-of-the-art, twin-engine American Eurocopter EC-145 to its existing fleet of Life Flight air ambulances. This is the fifth EC-145 helicopter in the Life Flight fleet, part of an ongoing commitment to provide the best quality critical care to residents in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. “For more than 33... Read more
13-Jun-2014Source: Rotary Club of Estevan
Rotary Club of Estevan president-elect Charles Olsen presented a cheque for $20,000 to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation executive director Becky Conly last night at Lobsterfest. It’s the first payments in our $120,000 commitment for the naming rights to the helipad at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Last night’s presentation included $10,000 from the Rotary Club of Estevan... Read more
13-Jun-2014Source: Cornwall Air Ambulance
Local MPs have lent their support to a campaign for lifesaving improvements to landing facilities at the region’s Major Trauma Centre. Cornwall Air Ambulance took its campaign to Westminster on Monday 9th June at the annual reception of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Air Ambulances. Derriford Hospital is the region’s designated Major Trauma Centre... Read more
3-Jun-2014Source: Times of San Diego
Determined the trauma center should resume incoming and outgoing flights as quickly as possible, the contractor worked closely with UCSD project management and subcontractors to bring the existing helipad up to Caltrans and FAA standards. See full story... Read more
3-Jun-2014Source: St George's Healthcare
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson officially opened the St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust helipad today Planning for the £5m helipad began in 2010 shortly after St George’s Hospital was designated as the major trauma centre for the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network It is the first London helipad south of the Thames... Read more
3-Jun-2014Source: Heliplanners
Heliplanners is pleased to announce that Caltrans Division of Aeronautics has conducted its final inspection and issued its Heliport Permit for the recently completed rooftop heliport at Scripps Memorial Hospital’s new Critical Care Building in Encinitas, California. The heliport will help to improve rapid medical access for Scripps’ patients throughout San Diego County and the... Read more
2-Jun-2014Source: BBC
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it has no plans to duplicate the 32 safety improvements planned for Scottish offshore helicopters. See full story... Read more
2-Jun-2014Source: Lochaber News
THE Blar Mor development site in Fort William is to be investigated as a possible location for a permanent helipad for air ambulance helicopters. See full story... Read more
27-May-2014Source: Euro Weekly News
The Junta de Andalucia is progressing with the construction of a heliport in Campillos which aims to improve health care in Malaga province. See full story... Read more
26-May-2014Source: Times of India
Members of the Royal Western India Turf Club are complaining as government plans would reduce the availability of a public open space. See full story... Read more
20-May-2014Source: North Bristol NHS Trust
The helipad at the new Accident and Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital Bristol has had its first successful test landing. At around 2.45pm on Friday, May 16 the Great Western Air Ambulance landed at the site. Martin Warren, Logistics Manager for the Move, said: “This is a landmark moment ahead of the Accident and Emergency... Read more
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