Glasgow_City_Heliport

Glasgow City Heliport

Glasgow City Heliport

Airport in Govan, Glasgow


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.

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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. This unit is operated by Babcock MCSO 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:

Historically a Scottish Ambulance Service aircraft (Airbus H145) was based on site, until the contract was in-housed away from Babcock by Gama Aviation[2] and moved to Glasgow Airport. Glasgow City Heliport still provides support to HEMS acting as a refuel site and forward operating base for Scotlands Charity Air Ambulance (Eurocopter EC135) based at Perth Airport.

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.[3] Planned future development of the SECC area enforced the move.[4]


References

  1. HeliHub.com (1 June 2020). "Gama Aviation starts Scottish EMS operations after taking contract back from Babcock". HeliHub.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Glasgow Heliport moves a mile and a half". helihub.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2016.

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