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heliport Definition

heli·port (heli pôrt′)

noun

an airport for helicopters

Etymology: heli(copter) + (air)port

heliport Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • operate: The company also operates the heliports at Penzance and Cardiff.
  • have: It also has a heliport and the Scillonian ship providing transport to the Isles of Scilly.

Adjective modifier

  • own: You can ' airbrush ' out anything you don't like and add anything you do ( fancy your own heliport for instance?
  • only: Britain's only scheduled helicopter service on approach to the world's only garden heliport.
  • instrumented: Critical information about tactical approach procedures at instrumented heliports and airfields must be developed by the sector responsible for the approach.

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