Dallas CBD Vertiport (IATA: JDB, FAA LID: 49T) is a city-owned public heliport/vertiport in the city of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States.[2][3] The facility is located at the south end of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in the Dallas Central Business District, and is claimed to be the world's largest elevated heliport/vertiport.[1]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Dallas | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||
Location | 801 S. Lamar Street, Dallas, Texas[1] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 480 ft / 146 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°46′24″N 096°48′01″W | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2] unless noted otherwise |
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but Dallas CBD Vertiport is assigned 49T by the FAA and JDB by the IATA.[4]
The facility is used solely for general aviation purposes.
Dallas CBD Vertiport has two helipads:
In the year ending December 31, 2015, the heliport had 780 aircraft operations, an average of 2 per day: 100% general aviation.[2]
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First Baptist Academy of Dallas was previously in Downtown Dallas |
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