Airport type Private 08/26 373 Code PZE Phone +44 845 677 9542 | Owner/Operator British International Elevation AMSL 14 ft / 4 m 373 1,224 Elevation 4 m | |
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Address Longrock, Penzance TR18 3RG, UK Similar Isles of Scilly Travel, Land's End Airport, St Erth, Alamo, Europcar | ||
Penzance heliport august 2010 landing
Penzance Heliport (IATA: PZE, ICAO: EGHK) was located 0.6 NM (1.1 km; 0.69 mi) northeast of Penzance, Cornwall. The heliport hosted scheduled flights to the Isles of Scilly, with a connection to the railway network at Penzance railway station by a special bus service. The heliport had a single concrete landing pad, which was 30 m × 30 m (98 ft × 98 ft), inside a 373 m × 45 m (1,224 ft × 148 ft) grass strip, 08/26.
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- Penzance heliport august 2010 landing
- Penzance heliport and st mary s airport operations
- History
- References
The heliport was officially closed on 31 October 2012.
Penzance heliport and st mary s airport operations
History
Services started on 1 May 1964 when BEA Helicopters Limited operated the first service between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly with a Sikorsky S-61. The construction of the heliport cost £88,000 (equivalent to £1,600,000 in 2015).
The heliport was opened formally on 1 September 1964 by Councillor Alfred Beckerleg, the Mayor of Penzance with the Lady Mayoress.
Due to the high costs of maintaining the service and falling passenger numbers, British International Helicopters ceased the operation of the helicopter route on 31 October 2012. The company announced that it intended to sell the Heliport to a supermarket chain and relocate to another site in West Cornwall to raise funds, although no suitable alternative site was found in time to save the service.
In early April 2013, demolition work on the main terminal buildings began, and by September 2013, nothing remains of the former heliport, with a supermarket chain now dominating the site.
In 2016 plans were announced for a new helicopter service between Penzance and the Isles of Scilly. The proposals included building a new heliport on Jelbert Way, Penzance, near to the location of the old one.