Helipad Engineering, Heliport, Helistations

Aeronautical Consulting - Helipad Engineering

Helipartner supports its customers from the Heliport design to its technical realisation. In application with the Ministerial Decree dated 6th May 1995 regarding airfields and other locations used by helicopters, the creation and commissioning of a helipad must be authorised by the local authorities.

To this end, we ensure the following:

• - Helistation site analysis and practicability
• - Team Coordination (Land Surveyors, Sound technicians, Project Manager, Architects)
• - Operational constraints listing, defining clearing zones / alternate landing surfaces
• - Filing of the completed application form to request prefectural or ministerial approval
• - Works follow-up & creation of detailed procedures to implement for future inspections

Operational Surveys

Helipartner also specialises in operational and often compulsory surveys to ensure that the helicopters use the platform in compliance with the Air OPS requirements linked to the site performance class.
Operational surveys analyse take-off and landing profiles defined in the on-site helicopters flight manuals. The study aims to ensure clearing zones compliance associated with the heliport and apply corrective actions.

Ensure compliance

The newest regulations (Decree dated 29 September 2009) and the Technical Instruction on ITAC13 Airfields, impose new constraints both technical (design platform, take-off direction) and operational (landing zones / takeoff lowered to 4.5 % in CP1) requiring helicopter platform operators to achieve compliance for their facilities. Helipartner offers services to retrofit your helipad, from technical design to completion. We ensure thereafter the transmission of new aeronautical data to the relevant authorities (SIA) to automatically update VAC cards and data sheets.

Existing facilities Audit

For public, private and hospital infrastructure we perform audits for any existing facility in order to verify the site’s regulatory and operational compliance in cooperation with the aeronautical districts of civil aviation.