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heliport

American  
[hel-uh-pawrt, -pohrt, hee-luh-] / ˈhɛl əˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt, ˈhi lə- /

noun

  1. a landing place for helicopters, often on the roof of a building or in some other limited area.


heliport British  
/ ˈhɛlɪˌpɔːt /

noun

  1. an airport for helicopters

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of heliport

First recorded in 1940–45; heli- 2 + port 1


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Flight tracking data show the helicopter left Catalina’s Pebbly Beach heliport at about 7:46 p.m. and got about 175 feet above sea level about eight seconds into its flight before rapidly descending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Three routes will connect the centre of Paris with the city's airports and heliport.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

A commercial heliport was also planned for downtown Washington.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022

To convert the heliport to receive ferries, Mr. Wachtel said, “all you do is float in a barge.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

A helicopter landed on the main building’s rooftop heliport.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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