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/

Noun

heliport (plural heliports)

(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

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)

Alternative form of eliport

Turkish

Etymology

From French héliport or English heliport.

Noun

heliport (definite accusative heliportu, plural heliportlar)

(aviation) heliport
Synonym: helikopter pisti

References

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

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