Tag:aeroway=heliport

A heliport is a special kind of aerodrome exclusively for the use of helicopters. It is different from aeroway=aerodrome in that it does not serve fixed-wing aircraft and usually has no runways. A heliport will usually have one or more helipads (aeroway=helipad).

Heliport vs helipad

The term heliport typically refers to the whole facility including associated hangars, taxiways, terminals and windsocks. A helipad refers to the actual landing/takeoff area (which may be located on an aerodrome, heliport, or as a standalone facility).

Tagging

• Either create a closed way (or multipolygon relation for some complex shapes) around the extent of the airport land (often co-incident with a barrier of some kind).
• Or draw a node in the centre of the airport and add aeroway=heliport + name=*

Additional tags

Tag	Description
ele=*	Elevation
icao=*	4-letter code issued by the ICAO.
addr=*	Contact address for management
operator=*	The name of the operator of the airport
phone=*	Contact phone number for airport management.
ifr=yes/no	See instrument flight rules

Examples

• The London Heliport
• Gunma Heliport

See also

• aeroway=aerodrome
• Proposal for aeroway=heliport
• List of countries by number of heliports (warning: some of them can be helipads in reality according to this definition)