CHC Helikopter Service Sikorsky S-92 landing on the helideck on Oseberg
There are three main categories of heliports in Norway. Most land-based heliports are built in conjunction with or at hospitals. They are owned and operated by the respective hospital trust and are served by the Norwegian Air Ambulance. A second major group are offshore oil platforms and other installations related to the petroleum industry. These are owned and operated by the oil or gas field operator. The third-category are general-purpose heliports. These are often owned by helicopter operating companies.
Norwegian legislation requires that all heliports permanent heliports and helipads which have an average twelve or more weekly aircraft movements gave approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway (CAA). Exceptions include offshore and ship-mounted helipads and those situated in Svalbard.[1] However, offshore helipads are required to meet a set of regulations.[2] The situation on Svalbard is made complicated due to the Svalbard Treaty. Norwegian authorities therefore do not require permits for construction of heliports and helipads on the archipelago.[3]
Norsk Luftambulanse Eurocopter EC135 at Tønsberg Hospital helipadSpark+-operated Mil Mi-8 at Pyramiden Heliport on Svalbard
The most extensive part of the Norwegian helicopter transport are offshore commuting to oil platforms situated in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea. These operate out of conventional airports, serving helidecks on board the offshore installations.[4] The only scheduled passenger services to a heliport operate between Bodø Airport and Værøy Heliport. Former heliports on Værøya and Røst provided such services between 1970 and 1986.[5]
The Norwegian Air Ambulance operates twelve medical helicopters out of eleven bases, with two based at Lørenskog Heliport, Ahus. All except three bases are situated on hospital grounds.[6] Thirty hospitals have a helicopter landing site within 100 meters (330 ft) of its emergency department, of which twenty-four have CAA approval. Sixteen hospitals lack a helipad.[7]
Heliports
The list includes heliports approved by the CAA[8] and those with an International Civil Aviation Organization airport code (ICAO code).[9][10] It includes closed facilities with their former ICAO codes, but excludes any heliports located at conventional airports.
The list notes the heliports name; municipality or, in the case of Svalbard, the settlement; the county, sea or Svalbard; the type of heliport (general purpose, medical and offshore); and the owner of the facility.[11]
^"Forskrift om konsesjon for landingsplasser (BSL E 1-1)" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. 11 January 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^"Forskrift om kontinentalsokkelflyging - ervervsmessig luftfart til og fra helikopterdekk på innretninger og fartøy til havs" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^Risanger, Otto (1978). Russerne på Svalbard (in Norwegian). Longyearbyen: Sampress. p. 371. ISBN 82-90210-03-5.
^Helikoptersikkerhetsstudie 3(PDF) (in Norwegian). SINTEF. 22 March 2010. p. 9. ISBN 978-82-14-04870-4. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^ abc"Lufthavnens historie" (in Norwegian). Avinor. Archived from the original on 26 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
^"About the National Air Ambulance Services of Norway". Norwegian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^"Landingsforhold ved sykehus" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Air Ambulance. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^"Liste over godkjente helikopterlandingsplasser" (in Norwegian). Civil Aviation Authority of Norway. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^"Report concerning aviation accident on the Cape Heer Heliport, Svalbard, Norway, 30 March 2008 with Mil Mi-8MT, RA-06152, operated by Spark+ Airline Ltd". Accident Investigation Board Norway. 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^Andersen, Rune (2007). Når det haster (in Norwegian). Oslo: Orion Forlag. p. 143. ISBN 978-82-458-0838-4.
^Kristiansen, Viggo Bj. (2005). Telenor – mellom satelliter og fangststasjoner på Svalbard (in Norwegian). Norsk Telemuseum. p. 160. ISBN 82-91335-28-1.
^"Rapport om luftfartsulykke den 27. mars 1991 på isen i Mimerbukta 800 m sydøst for landingsplassen ved Pyramiden Svalbard, med helikopter Aeroflot 06155" (in Norwegian). Accident Investigation Board Norway. 1991. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
^"Liste over godkjente lufthavner og flyplasser" (in Norwegian). Civil Aviation Authority of Norway. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.