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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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Workers will be asked to declare if they are under the weight limit and this will be checked at the heliport.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Medical helicopter flights land and depart not from the airport but from a separate location: a heliport on Pebbly Beach, just steps from the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

A commercial heliport was also planned for downtown Washington.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022

At the heliport, the mini-containers will be loaded on trailers and taken to locations around the city, where they will be transferred to battery-powered handcarts for delivery.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021

A makeshift heliport for her supply of life-giving water.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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