Vlieland helipad

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Military helipad Oost-Vlieland
Militaire helihaven Oost-Vlieland
Vlieland (Friesland)
Vlieland
Vlieland
Characteristics
ICAO code EHVL
Coordinates

53 ° 17 '49 "  N , 5 ° 5' 8"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 17 '49 "  N , 5 ° 5' 8"  E
Height above MSL 11 m (36  ft )
Basic data
operator Koninklijke Luchtmacht



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The helipad Vlieland (official name: Militaire helihaven Oost-Vlieland , German  "Military helicopter landing pad Oost-Vlieland " ) is a helipad on Vlieland ( West Frisian Islands , Netherlands ). The area with a radius of 50 meters is located on the eastern tip of the island at the port of Oost-Vlieland . The helipad has a landing pad and a single hangar. According to the law, the use of the helipad is limited to military, police and rescue helicopters and the number of movements is limited to 1500 per year.

AB 412 helicopter

use

Vlieland Heliport was used for Search and Rescue (SAR) rescue flights. Helicopters of the type Agusta AB 412 from the search and rescue squadron 303 of the Koninklijke Luchtmacht were used . The base of the squadron was the Leeuwarden military airfield .

The helicopters were used for search and rescue teams of military aircraft in emergency operations, for the transport of patients from the Dutch Wadden Islands to hospitals on the mainland and for rescue operations by the rescue station .

In 2016, Search and Rescue Squadron 303 was disbanded, but the helipad remained under military control. Since then, patient transports have been carried out by ANWB Medical Air Assistance with an Airbus Helicopters H145 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Luchthavenregeling Oost-Vlieland. Wetten.overheid.nl, November 1, 2010, accessed on December 16, 2018 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Vrijstelling burgermedegebruik militaire helihaven Vlieland th behoeve van ANWB Medical Air Assistance. zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl, 23 November 2016, accessed on 16 December 2018 (Dutch).