The heliport is a very small site, making use of a jetty to provide a helipad for take-off and landing, and onshore parking for between three and four aircraft, depending upon size. The heliport provides landing, parking and refuelling services between 08:00 and 21:00 (flights are permitted between 07:00 and 23:00), albeit parking is normally restricted to smaller helicoptor categories.
Flight conditions and procedures at the heliport prescribe a circuit height 1000 metres above the Thames, in an extended figure-of-eight over the water, to seek to minimise noise pollution for residents in the area. Ground running of rotors is restricted to a maxiumum of five minutes for the same reason. Landing fees are, as at June 2004, from £75 to £995 depending upon the helicopter type; additional costs accrue for parking, early or late flights, and flights in evening peak times.
External link
London Heliport website (http://www.weston-aviation.com/index.htm)
LondonHeliport (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGLW) at Battersea, London is the capital's main and busiest heliport.
The heliport, once owned by Westland and then Harrods, is a very small site, making use of a jetty to provide a helipad for take-off and landing, and onshore parking for between three and four aircraft, depending upon size.
The heliport provides landing, parking and refuelling services between 08:00 and 21:00 (flights are permitted between 07:00 and 23:00), albeit parking is normally restricted to smaller helicoptor categories.
Before the industrial revolution, much of the area was farmland, providing food for the City of London and surrounding population centres; and with particular specialisms, such as growing lavender on Lavender Hill (nowadays denoted by the road of the same name) or pig breeding on Pig Ä«Hill (later the site of the Shaftesbury Park Estate).
The London and Southampton Railway Company was the first to drive a railway line from east to west through Battersea, in 1838, terminating at Nine Elms at the north west tip of the area.
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