Heliport Question
 

Dear Rotorheads,

I think this is my first post in the Rotorhead forum. I hope you can tolerate a question from a non-rotorhead without taking off vertically in disgust. ;)

Do heliports for commercial use require to have a state or ICAO code? I came across the heliport in Vatican City and noticed that this heliport does not seem to have an identifier although ICAO has associated the airport code LI for Italy, San Marino and Vatican City. If the Papal air fleet has it's own country registration (HV), call sign (volo papale), surely the only heliport in Vatican City must have an identifier...?

Why not Hotel Alpha Lima Oscar ?

Alpha Mike Echo November? :rolleyes:

Papa Oscar Papa Echo

Juliet Charlie Sierra Sierra - you'll have to think about that one.:ok:

Vatican City is not alone...
 

From:
Great Circle Mapper
Numerous aerodromes don't have identifiers, worldwide. These are just the top 9.



Other Location
GC0001 Groom Lake [Area 51 (Dreamland)], NV, US
GC0002 Vatican City [Heliport], VA
GC0004 Jiuquan Space Launch Facility (Shuang Cheng-Tzu) [LA2], Inner Mongolia, CN
GC0005 Jiuquan Space Launch Facility (Hexixincun) [South Launch Center / LA4], Inner Mongolia, CN
GC0006 Shuangchengzi, Gansu, CN
GC0007 Lamb Holm, Orkney Isles, Scotland, GB
GC0008 Five Mile Tank, Qld, AU
GC0009 Feidong [Feidong AB], Anhui, CN
GC0010 Lanzhou [Lanzhou AB], Gansu, CN

Hotel oscar lima yankee

None of the 50+ plus helipads in Mexico City have an ICAO designator.

Juliet Hotel Victor Alpha