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helipad

helipad

7 3.6
A flat place for helicopters to land and take off
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛlɪˌpæd/
translation icon : helipuerto
  • The helipad next to the hospital will allow quick patient transfers by air.
  • rooftop helipad
  • makeshift helipad
  • landed on the helipad

Yep Yep with the with the helipad up there right?

Examples

  • The pilot corrected slightly and touched down on a helipad.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Armed agents take their positions around a helipad.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I can get to the helipad from there too.

  • The only way to the helipad is up top, through the engine room.

  • Colonel, meet me at the helipad on Rig Two.

  • The helipad was two floors up.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Have Robinson take him to the helipad.

  • Bring my helicopter to the helipad at the back of Joyworld.

  • Casillas' personal guards will pick us up at the helipad.

  • A helipad is being set up for the medivac flights needed to transport the most critically wounded to area hospitals.

    Fiction book (1996)

How Big

airport
1.0
heliport
3 4.9
helipad
7 3.6

Surface Forms

helipad singular
helipads plural

Morphology

helipad = heli + pad (semi-transparent) = heli + pad

The components 'heli' and 'pad' are clear, but the specific meaning of a landing area for helicopters is a specialized use.

Etymology

The word helipad combines heli- from helicopter and pad, which means 'a flat area' or 'a small landing place'. So a helipad is a special flat place for helicopters to land and take off.