Dallas CBD Vertiport is a city-owned public heliport/vertiport in the city of

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. The facility is located at the south end of the

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in the Dallas Central Business District, and is claimed to be the world's largest elevated heliport/vertiport. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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, but Dallas CBD Vertiport is assigned 49T by the FAA and JDB by the IATA. The facility is used solely for

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purposes, which can include air taxi operations. The 2022

Dallas Master Plan investigated the future location and configuration of the vertiport.

Facilities

Dallas CBD Vertiport has two FATO/TLOFs: * H1: 60 x 60 ft. (18 x 18 m), approach/departure orientation: 04, surface:

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* H2: 60 x 60 ft. (18 x 18 m), approach/departure orientation: 31, surface:

The airside features, on an approximately 169,000-square-foot wide elevated deck, five 60 ft. x 60 ft. squared helicopter stands. According to the Dallas Executive Airport website, three helicopters plus two vertical-take-off and landing aircraft can be accommodated at the same time. Large helicopters, tilt-rotor aircraft such as the V-22 Osprey, and other

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aircraft up to 43,000 lbs can operate from the vertiport. The facility has also a dedicated automobile parking lot, and a lobby with a conference room and a pilots waiting area.Dallas CBD Heliport/Vertiport. Accessed November 14, 2022.
/ref> In the year ending December 31, 2015, the heliport had 780 aircraft operations, an average of 2 per day: 100% general aviation.

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