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Helicopters land on pads or platforms especially designated for them. These areas must have helipad lighting to aid in safe and accurate landing. The landing areas are flat, hard surfaces with clear markings to signal correct information to helicopters in the air.
The lighting in the take-off area and final approach, also known as FATO, is positioned in a circle or square around it. Inside FATO is the touch-down and lift-off area, known as TLOF. TLOF is inside FATO, and also has its own designated lighting set. These lights are supposed to be all white, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Federal Aviation Administration. However, some areas still prefer yellow or amber lights, as this used to be the standard.
The variance in color of these lights depends on the jurisdiction and owner. They used to be brightly glowing as well, but are now offered as diodes with brightness controls. In addition to this lighting, the TLOF and FATO areas can also implement surface flood lights or lead-in lights for ground landing pads. In all situations, lighted wind cones are required.
Pilots are provided with automated ground-based control to change the lighting with radio control. Also, while airports use 6.6A direct current powers, the lights on helipads utilize AC power instead. The ICAO and FAA organizations recommend that helipads have visual slope guidance systems, but this is often ignored because these systems are quite costly.
Helipads can be located in all sorts of places. They can be on heliports or airports that have fuel, air traffic control, and service facilities. Most helipads, however, are placed in remote areas away from these larger places because of costs and spaces available. Many office towers have them as well on their roofs for air taxi services or for evacuation purposed in case of an emergency. Police departments use dedicated police helipads at heliports as well. Naval structures like ships and oil rigs also often have helipads for quick transport. These are called helidecks.
MEDEVACs and air ambulances utilize helipads in great amounts while transferring trauma victims to hospitals. Apart from trauma, helicopters are a great and quick way to transfer patients who live in areas without the proper caring hospitals they need as well. In most urban areas, the helipads are located on the roofs.
Some helipads require location identifiers. Authorized agencies in the U. S. That issue these identifiers are the FAA, ICAO, TC, and IATA. If needed, helipads can have more than one identifier that all have different formats and names.
Helipads don't have to always be built with concrete. They can be temporarily built using timber by forest fire fighters when they need a way to bring in supplies in remote areas, or with rig mats placed side by side. However, all pads have to be able to withstand certain natural conditions like ice. The rooftop helipads will also usually have numbers signaling the amount of weight they can carry, along with numbers signaling their maximum rotor diameters.
The lighting in the take-off area and final approach, also known as FATO, is positioned in a circle or square around it. Inside FATO is the touch-down and lift-off area, known as TLOF. TLOF is inside FATO, and also has its own designated lighting set. These lights are supposed to be all white, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Federal Aviation Administration. However, some areas still prefer yellow or amber lights, as this used to be the standard.
The variance in color of these lights depends on the jurisdiction and owner. They used to be brightly glowing as well, but are now offered as diodes with brightness controls. In addition to this lighting, the TLOF and FATO areas can also implement surface flood lights or lead-in lights for ground landing pads. In all situations, lighted wind cones are required.
Pilots are provided with automated ground-based control to change the lighting with radio control. Also, while airports use 6.6A direct current powers, the lights on helipads utilize AC power instead. The ICAO and FAA organizations recommend that helipads have visual slope guidance systems, but this is often ignored because these systems are quite costly.
Helipads can be located in all sorts of places. They can be on heliports or airports that have fuel, air traffic control, and service facilities. Most helipads, however, are placed in remote areas away from these larger places because of costs and spaces available. Many office towers have them as well on their roofs for air taxi services or for evacuation purposed in case of an emergency. Police departments use dedicated police helipads at heliports as well. Naval structures like ships and oil rigs also often have helipads for quick transport. These are called helidecks.
MEDEVACs and air ambulances utilize helipads in great amounts while transferring trauma victims to hospitals. Apart from trauma, helicopters are a great and quick way to transfer patients who live in areas without the proper caring hospitals they need as well. In most urban areas, the helipads are located on the roofs.
Some helipads require location identifiers. Authorized agencies in the U. S. That issue these identifiers are the FAA, ICAO, TC, and IATA. If needed, helipads can have more than one identifier that all have different formats and names.
Helipads don't have to always be built with concrete. They can be temporarily built using timber by forest fire fighters when they need a way to bring in supplies in remote areas, or with rig mats placed side by side. However, all pads have to be able to withstand certain natural conditions like ice. The rooftop helipads will also usually have numbers signaling the amount of weight they can carry, along with numbers signaling their maximum rotor diameters.
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