{"id":61582,"date":"2017-01-18T19:57:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T19:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/?p=61582"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:28:07","slug":"glossarycharter-helicopter-heliport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/glossary\/charter-helicopter-heliport\/","title":{"rendered":"Heliport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The area of land or water used for the landings and takeoffs of helicopter charters, including FBOs and other buildings, structures and grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Heliports are quite similar to airports, except, of course, the type of aircraft is different. And just like an airport, you can expect to find a range of FBOs providing various services are at heliport, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fueling services<\/li>\n<li>Hangar facilities<\/li>\n<li>Passenger facilities (restaurants, wait areas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In larger centers, you can also find customs services to allow for the arrival and departures of international helicopter charters.<\/p>\n<h2>Fly at the Speed\u00a0of Business<\/h2>\n<p>Heliports are typically found in larger centers. They\u2019re a popular mode of transport for business executives who need to keep appointments across town. They&#8217;re also useful for traveling to\u00a0outlying regions. Many larger corporations will maintain their own private heliports, sometimes located conveniently on the office rooftop.<\/p>\n<p>Because a helicopter doesn\u2019t require the long takeoff distance of a fixed-wing aircraft, heliports don\u2019t take up a lot of space compared to an airport. As a result, heliports can be situated just about anywhere, and enables them to be easily accessible.<\/p>\n<p>In other instances, heliports are located on the same premises as airports. This is a major convenience for corporate travelers flying into town on a business jet. Once they touch down, they can immediately transfer to a helicopter and continue flying to their final\u00a0destination.\u00a0As a result, travelers can avoid traffic on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The area of land or water used for the landings and takeoffs of helicopter charters, including FBOs and other buildings, structures and grounds.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402],"tags":[978],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94115,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582\/revisions\/94115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}