Heliport Safety, Educational and Regulatory Information

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This information is provided as a service to the helicopter industry for general educational and reference purposes only. Due to the large amount of variables found in essentially each heliport project and the broad range of applications possible; this information is NOT intended to be nor should it be used as a substitute for a qualified professional evaluation and subsequent services.

Safety

• Six Ways to Safer Heliports (4.4MB PDF)
• Jan 2011, “Quelling the Fire: Heliport Safety Regulations Get Beefed Up” (Vertical)
• Jan 2011, “Heliport Safety Compliance Inspections Announced” (Vertical; Rotorhub)
• Apr 2011, “Landing Problems-Revisions to NFPA 418″ (Vertical)

Educational

• Heliports – The 25 Most Asked questions with Answers
• What is a Heliport/Helistop/Helipad/Helideck/Helispot?
• Heliport Design Issues-Choosing the right “Design Aircraft”
• Rotor & Wing Article – Heliports: Saving An Endangered Species (0.5MB PDF)
• Heliport Operations Manual Training Aid for Helicopter Professionals (0.5MB PDF)

Regulatory

• FAA Heliport Design Advisory 150/5390 2B 09/30/04 (5.4MB PDF)
• NFPA 418 Standards for Heliports (NFPA web site)

Coming soon

• Heliport Audit Training Aid for Helicopter Professionals
• Heliport Development Guide (coming soon)
• Prototypical Heliport Layouts (coming soon)
• Heliport Safety and Improvement Survey Results (coming soon)
• Heliport Accidents, an Analysis of NTSB reports 1965 to 2009 (coming soon)