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nounA facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.
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Blend of helicopter + port, by analogy to airport.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque heliportu
- heliportufacility for helicopters
Catalan heliport
- heliportfacility for helicopters
Esperanto helikopterhaveno
- helikopterhavenofacility for helicopters
Finnish helikopterikenttä
- helikopterikenttäfacility for helicopters
French héliport
- héliportfacility for helicopters
German Hubschrauberlandeplatz, Heliport
- Hubschrauberlandeplatzfacility for helicopters
- Heliportfacility for helicopters
Greek ελικοδρόμιο
- ελικοδρόμιο (elikodrómio)facility for helicopters
Hungarian heliport
- heliportfacility for helicopters
Icelandic þyrluvöllur
- þyrluvöllurfacility for helicopters
Italian eliporto
- eliportofacility for helicopters
Polish heliport
- heliportfacility for helicopters
Portuguese heliporto
- heliportofacility for helicopters
Spanish helipuerto
- helipuertofacility for helicopters
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APA
heliport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliport
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“heliport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliport. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heliport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heliport.
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