heliport

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H0132600 (hĕl′ə-pôrt′)n. A site developed to accommodate the arrival and departure of helicopters, often with facilities for refueling, maintenance, and storage.

[heli(copter) + (air)port.]

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(ˈhɛlɪˌpɔːt) n (Aeronautics) an airport for helicopters[C20: from heli- + port¹]

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(ˈhɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt, ˈhi lə-)

n. a takeoff and landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building. [1940–45]

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A facility designated for operating, basing, servicing, and maintaining helicopters.

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Noun

heliport - an airport for helicopters aerodrome, airdrome, airport, drome - an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

Translations

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heliport,

airportairport
or airfield,
place for landing and departure of aircraft, usually with facilities for housing and maintaining planes and for receiving and discharging passengers and cargo.
..... Click the link for more information. designed exclusively for helicopterhelicopter,
type of aircraft in which lift is obtained by means of one or more power-driven horizontal propellers called rotors. When the rotor of a helicopter turns it produces reaction torque which tends to make the craft spin also.
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heliport

[′hel·ə‚pȯrt] (civil engineering) A place built for helicopter takeoffs and landings.

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A facility where helicopters land, take off, and are maintained or repaired.

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An aerodrome or defined area on land or water, or a structure intended to be used wholly or in part for the arrival, departure, surface movement, maintenance, and servicing of helicopters. A heliport should have at least one touchdown and lift-off area. The touchdown and lift-off area may or may not be located within the FATO (final approach and takeoff area). Heliports are shown on charts as

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an airport for helicopters

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noun an airport for helicopters

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