A helipad is a landing area or platform for helicopters and powered lift aircraft.
While helicopters and powered lift aircraft are able to operate on a variety of relatively flat surfaces, a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where such aircraft can land safely.
Larger helipads, intended for use by helicopters and other vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, may be called vertiports. An example is Vertiport Chicago,[1] which opened in 2015.[2]
- ^ "Home - Vertiport Chicago". Vertiport Chicago. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ "Vertiport opens in downtown Chicago". wgntv.com. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2015.