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Recent Examples of heliport
The city of Indianapolis has received approval to take ownership of the downtown heliport, a key step for a future redevelopment plan that could include a future soccer stadium.
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
There are 176 public use airports and heliports and eight commercial airports, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Smith, of Palo Cedro, was on board Reach 5, the Airbus H130 that crashed shortly after takeoff from the UC Davis Medical Center heliport on Monday evening.
—Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The resort, reachable via private heliport or a roughly two-hour drive past small villages, consists of six circular one-bedroom luxury lodges and one three-bedroom treetop villa.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
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Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
There are 176 public use airports and heliports and eight commercial airports, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Smith, of Palo Cedro, was on board Reach 5, the Airbus H130 that crashed shortly after takeoff from the UC Davis Medical Center heliport on Monday evening.
—Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
The resort, reachable via private heliport or a roughly two-hour drive past small villages, consists of six circular one-bedroom luxury lodges and one three-bedroom treetop villa.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heliport
Noun
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Scenes in Meredith Grey's (Ellen Pompeo) house and on the rooftop helipad of Grey Sloan Memorial are both filmed in the Emerald City, per Los Angeles Magazine.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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But if the hotel has made the town enticing to a new kind of visitor—say, one who appreciates the convenience of its helipad—the property has none of the hermetic insularity of a traditional resort.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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First responders in Atlanta rushed to an airport runway Tuesday after an aircraft experienced a harrowing landing failure, with all eight of its landing tires bursting the moment the plane touched down, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Hashmi’s team are duly assembled – with cuts showing the team physically fighting their enemies in and around the airport.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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His plan centered on seizing the Hostomel airfield, a crucial staging post for an assault on the capital, but Putin’s forces got bogged down and eventually withdrew.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
8 Jan. 2026
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Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields.—
Danica Kirka,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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For nearly 30 years, there have been plans to build a veterans' clinic and final resting place on the property of the old Alameda air base.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2025
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The two were among other servicemembers who made three trips between the air base and airfield over three days.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Heliport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heliport. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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