Cardiff Heliport
| Cardiff Heliport Tremorfa Heliport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: EGFC | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Cardiff Council | ||||||||||
| Operator | Veritair Aviation Ltd | ||||||||||
| Serves | Cardiff | ||||||||||
| Location | Tremorfa, Cardiff | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°28′03″N 003°08′15″W / 51.46750°N 3.13750°WCoordinates: 51°28′03″N 003°08′15″W / 51.46750°N 3.13750°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.veritair.com | ||||||||||
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Cardiff Heliport (ICAO: EGFC) was a heliport located in Tremorfa, Cardiff, Wales, approximately 2 miles (3.22 km) from the city centre.
The heliport was owned by Cardiff Council and operated by British International Helicopters. The heliport cost £3.8 million to build and was the operating base for the South Wales Police helicopter. But the heliport can also handle considerable passenger traffic too, especially during major sporting events at the Millennium Stadium. It can handle over 180 movements in a single day with up to 40 aircraft parked at any one time.
The South Wales Police contract involving two Twin Squirrel AS355F2 aircraft ended on 31 January 2008, when the contract transferred to Bond Helicopters operating EC135 aircraft at a new base at St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan.
In May 2008, the business of British International at Cardiff was sold to the management team led by Captain Julian Verity, the new company being called Veritair Aviation. Veritair is now part of British International Helicopters.
The Heliport has been run for many years by Veritair, although that company has gone through some ownership changes and is currently owned by Rigby Group plc through its Patriot Aerospace division and British International. Rigby, headed up by tech entrepreneur Sir Peter Rigby, also owns Regional and City Airport Management (RCAM) which owns and runs Exeter, Coventry and Derry Airports, along with a business park adjacent to Norwich Airport. RCAM also operated Blackpool Airport on behalf of owners Balfour Beatty (previously Rigby’s partners in RCAM before they acquired it 100%), although Balfour Beatty have recently all-but closed it down – it has reopened on a very low scale with significantly less traffic.
On November 30th 2014 the heliport closed.
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