West 30th Street Heliport

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West 30th Street Heliport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerHudson River Park Trust
OperatorAbigail Trenk, Brian Tolbert
Serves New York City
Location New York City
Elevation  AMSL 7 ft / 2.1 m
Coordinates 40°45′17″N74°00′25″W / 40.754626°N 74.006808°W / 40.754626; -74.006808
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West 30th Street Heliport
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
14413.4 Asphalt
24413.4Asphalt
34413.4Asphalt
44413.4Asphalt
53711.3Asphalt
63711.3Asphalt
8 (H-A)4413.4Asphalt
9 (H-B)4413.4Asphalt
10 (H-C)3711.3Asphalt
11 (H-D)3711.3Asphalt
Source: Airnav: [1]

The West 30th Street Heliport( IATA : JRA, ICAO : KJRA, FAA LID : JRA) is a heliport on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. The original heliport opened with two landing pads on September 26, 1956, and that December New York Airways began scheduled passenger flights, the first airline flights to Manhattan. [2] It is owned by the Hudson River Park Trust and operated by Abigail Trenk and Brian Tolbert.

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Operations

KJRA has one published Instrument Procedures: COPTER RNAV (GPS) 210. [3] Boating traffic in the Hudson River requires care in the approach to the heliport's landing pad.

Tourist flights out of the 30th Street Heliport were scheduled to move to Downtown Manhattan Heliport on March 31, 2010, and the heliport itself was scheduled to relocate by December 31, 2012, as a result of a court agreement between helicopter operators and Friends of Hudson River Park, who took action to enforce the Hudson River Park Act, which banned tourism flights from that location. [4] However, this agreement was voided by state legislation in 2013, and the heliport remains open. [5]

Airlines

Charter

AirlinesDestinations
Blade East Hampton, Southampton, JFK Airport, LGA Airport, EWR Airport, Montauk Airport,

Statistics

Of the flights, 73% are air taxi, 16% general aviation, 10% commercial, and less than 1% military. [1]

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. 1 2 AirNav: JRA - West 30th Street Heliport
  2. "Heliport to Open Sept. 26". The New York Times. 1956-08-27. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  3. "AirNav: KJRA - West 30th St Heliport".
  4. Friedman, Marcy. "Settlement Agreement" (PDF). US Supreme Court. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  5. Kim, Elizabeth (20 May 2019). "Heliport Near The Site Of Recent Helicopter Crash Was For Years Targeted For Removal". Gothamist. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. "POLICE RESCUE 6 IN COPTER CRASH; Swim Out to Get Pilot and Passengers in Hudson". The New York Times. 1968-06-26. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  7. Rohde, David (1998-01-01). "Eight Injured as Helicopter Hits Building". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-25.
  8. Fernandez, Manny (2007-07-08). "Copter Crashes in Hudson, but No One Is Hurt". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-25.