Glasgow City Heliport
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| IATA: none – ICAO: EGEG | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Bond Air Services | ||||||||||
| Serves | Glasgow | ||||||||||
| Location | Govan, Glasgow | ||||||||||
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Glasgow City Heliport (ICAO: EGEG) is a heliport located in Glasgow, Scotland. The Heliport is located at Linthouse Road in Govan, close to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The heliport is owned and operated by Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd.[1] and is the operating base for the Police Service of Scotland air support unit and The Scottish Ambulance Service Helimed 5 helicopter. These units are operated by Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd under contract. The heliport can also handle an amount of passenger traffic. The ground facilities consist of a maintenance hangar building and parking for 6 small to medium-sized helicopters.
Aircraft permanently operating from Glasgow City Heliport are:
- Helimed 5 - Scottish Ambulance Service - (Airbus Helicopters H145)
- Police 51 - Police Scotland Air Support Unit - (Eurocopter EC-135). The callsign Sierra-Papa-99 has been retired following the 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash.
Previous location
Prior to May 2014 the heliport was located approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km) East from its present location, within the grounds of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre and directly across the River Clyde from the Glasgow Science Centre and BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay Studios.[2] Planned future development of the SSEC area enforced the move.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.bondaviationgroup.com/about-us/offices Bond Air Services website
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