The BHA publishes guidelines to cover many activities. Every care has been taken to ensure that these guidelines reflect current best practice and legislation but the BHA does not accept liability for their use.
Guidelines
The following document provides further information on helicopters themselves, a section on aviation law, air traffic considerations, legislation concerning landing sites, and further details on environmental issues.
Produced and updated with the assistance of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the following document provides details of legislation, international standards and recommended practices. It also gives guidance on helipad layout and dimensions for various helicopters.
The following document will help potential clients in respect of important basic facts concerning the commercial operation of helicopters.
Any owner of a piece of ground may use it as a helicopter landing facility without any kind of permission, provided the following conditions are met. The following document provides basic advice for setting up an unlicensed helicopter site including planning permission, siting and marking.
The following guidance is written so that those involved with helicopters at Special Events will understand the considerations and processes necessary to address the practical safety issues arising once a decision is made to invite helicopters into or near to the event.
