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| Heliport Development Services |
So valuable are helicopters in today’s public service, emergency medical service and business environments that the only real drawback to their maximum usage is a shortage of suitable heliports. Heliplanners is committed to assisting its clients with resolving this problem.
With foresight and prudent planning, we can help make your need for rapid point-to-point travel, above traffic congestion, a reality. We can provide a truly competitive advantage for your hospital, business park, office building, hotel or manufacturing plant.
We can also help you retrofit existing
structures to accommodate helicopter operations.
Planning and Design
Heliplanners can provide you with site selection and feasibility studies and original designs for basic helistops or full heliports. Or, we can work with your project architect or engineer to ensure, from the very beginning, that their design will meet federal, states and local heliport development criteria as well as operational needs. Important issues include compatibility with surrounding land uses, approach and departure paths, dimensions, loading, lighting, markings, signage, navigational aids, fire protection, access, security, etc.
We recommend that you contact Heliplanners during your project’s master planning phase. For example, for hospital projects, we can help you to fully consider the space and functional requirements that will ultimately be needed for heliport/helistop development. A hospital heliport’s siting needs include:
- Access to emergency facilities
- Separation from public access areas
- Landing pad dimensions
- Compatibility with surrounding land uses
- Flight path compliance with prevailing winds
- Obstruction clearance criteria that extend far beyond the landing pad itself
- Aesthetic issues
- Economic issues
Review/Approval Process
We can coordinate the regulatory compliance process for your heliport at all levels of governments including:
- Federal (FAA) airspace approval
- State heliport license or permit in states where required
- County airport land use commission review where required
- Local environmental review and approval (normally a use permit)
- Other heliport approval processes as needed for specific jurisdictions
Public Acceptance Programs
A long history of public involvement with aviation planning, environmental and safety analyses equips our staff and associates to work with the public on your behalf to ensure your heliport project’s success as a vital and compatible neighbor in the community. Depending on project needs and community concerns, public acceptance programs can take a variety of forms. Tasks may include:
- Educating local planning staff
- Planning commission appearances
- Public workshops
- Meetings with business and political leaders
- Presentations to public service organizations
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Neighborhood education campaigns to explain
helicopters’ uses, flight paths, quiet helicopter technology and piloting
techniques, and your heliport project’s value to you and to your community.