Summary
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.
Glasgow City Heliport | |||||||||||
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 The Heliport at SECC prior to moving to Linthouse Road in 2014. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Owner | Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Glasgow | ||||||||||
| Location | Govan, Glasgow | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°52′03.7″N 04°19′59.4″W / 55.867694°N 4.333167°W | ||||||||||
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  EGEG Location in Glasgow | |||||||||||
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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:
- Police 51 – Police Scotland Air Support Unit – (Eurocopter EC-135). The callsign Sierra-Papa-99 has been retired following the 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash.
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ https://www.babcockinternational.com/en/Locations/UK_Europe/Babcock%20MCS%20Onshore Babcock MCSOL website
- ^ HeliHub.com (1 June 2020). "Gama Aviation starts Scottish EMS operations after taking contract back from Babcock". HeliHub.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Glasgow Heliport moves a mile and a half". helihub.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Deborah (28 November 2011). "Helipad set for a move to Govan. SECC chiefs have multi-million pound plans for Clyde site". Evening Times. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
External links edit
- Babcock Mission Critical Services Onshore Ltd website
- Great Circle Mapper info page