Downtown Manhattan Heliport
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| Downtown Manhattan Heliport | |||
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| IATA: JRB – ICAO: KJRB – FAA: JRB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | ||
| Serves | New York, New York | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||
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| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
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| H1 | 62 | 19 | Concrete |
| Statistics (2003) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 10,002 | ||
| Source: FAA[1] and official site[2] | |||
The Downtown Manhattan Heliport (IATA: JRB, ICAO: KJRB, FAA LID: JRB), also known as the Downtown Manhattan/Wall St. Heliport, is a helicopter landing platform at Pier 6 in the East River in Manhattan, New York. It is a public heliport operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey with charter service to Newark Liberty International Airport, Teterboro Airport, Morristown Municipal Airport, and other New York-area airports. Public sightseeing and VIP flights are also common.
Downtown Manhattan Heliport opened in December 1960, supplementing the existing heliport at West 30th Street which opened in 1956.[3] The Downtown Manhattan Heliport was the first heliport in the United States certified for scheduled passenger service. During the 1960s and 1970s, New York Airways provided scheduled service from the heliport to the city's major airports. Scheduled passenger service was discontinued with PanAm's bankruptcy in the mid-1980s. In 2006, US Helicopter resumed scheduled passenger service with hourly flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Much of the heliport's traffic is generated by Wall Street and the lower Manhattan financial district; top business executives and time-sensitive document deliveries often use the heliport. The heliport is also the normal landing spot for President George W. Bush on visits to New York. Michael Bloomberg, now mayor of New York, frequently used the heliport to fly between Bloomberg L.P. headquarters and Johns Hopkins University when he was chairman of both institutions.
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
The heliport covers an area of 2 acres (1 ha) at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m) above mean sea level. It has one helipad designated H1 with a 62 x 62 ft (19 x 19 m) concrete surface. For the 12-month period ending December 30, 2003, the airport had 10,002 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 90% general aviation and 10% military.[1]
[edit] Airlines
- US Helicopter (Bridgeport, New York-JFK, Newark)
[edit] References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for JRB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
- ^ Downtown Manhattan Heliport, official web site
- ^ "Heliport at Battery Approved by City", The New York Times, May 28, 1960.
