heliport

See also: héliport

English

a helicopter landing at a heliport

Etymology

Blend of helicopter +‎ port, by analogy to airport.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlɪˌpoɹt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

heliport (plural heliports)

1. (aviation) A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.

Synonyms

• helidrome

 

Coordinate terms

helicopter airport

• aerodrome
• airfield
• airstrip
• marine aerodrome
• marine air terminal
• water aerodrome
• waterdrome

 

Related terms

• airport
• copter
• heli
• helicopter
• helipad
• helo
• jetport
• port
• seaport
• STOLport
• vertiport

 

Translations

facility for helicopters

• Basque: heliportu (eu)
• Esperanto: helikopterhaveno
• Finnish: helikopterikenttä (fi)
• French: héliport (fr) m
• Galician: heliporto m
• German: Hubschrauberlandeplatz (de) m, Heliport (de) m
• Greek: ελικοδρόμιο (el) (elikodrómio)
• Hungarian: heliport
• Icelandic: þyrluvöllur m
• Italian: eliporto (it) m
• Macedonian: хелидром m (helidrom)
• Portuguese: heliporto (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: heliodrom (sh) m
• Spanish: helipuerto (es) m

Romanian

Noun

heliport n (plural heliporturi)

1. Alternative form of eliport

Turkish

Etymology

From French héliport or English heliport.

Noun

heliport (definite accusative heliportu, plural heliportlar)

1. (aviation) heliport

   Synonym: helikopter pisti

References

• “heliport”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• heliport in Turkish dictionaries at Dil Derneği.