Sport Helicopters Cape Town

Sport Helicopters is a helicopter operator at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. Its website describes it as the original helicopter service at the Waterfront, with more than 20 years of experience, and states that it is a SACAA certified operator with its own air service licences. Most flights run along or around Table Mountain.

Flights and services

• Scenic flights: City Center (12 minutes), Camps Bay and Hout Bay (18 minutes), Robben Island (18 minutes), Two Oceans or Half Peninsula (27 minutes) and Cape Point or Full Peninsula (48 minutes), plus combination flights.
• Huey flights in a restored Vietnam-era Bell UH-1, offered as shared or private combat-style flights.
• Wine farm flights to Constantia, Durbanville, Franschhoek, Paarl, Somerset West and Stellenbosch.
• Private charters, shark cage diving trips and safari flights.
• Marriage proposal packages.

Fleet

The Our Fleet page says the company owns and operates two Bell LongRangers, two Robinson R44 helicopters, three Bell JetRangers and a Huey. The Huey was certified by the South African Civil Aviation Authority for commercial passenger use in April 2007 and is licensed to carry 9 passengers. The company says it is the only commercially certified passenger Huey in the world.

Maintenance

Sport Aviation has its own helicopter maintenance office at Cape Town International Airport and lists a certified helicopter maintenance organisation among its credentials.

Company facts

• Based at the V&A Waterfront helistop, East Pier Road.
• Rated five stars with more than 1,500 reviews on TripAdvisor, according to its site.
• Open seven days a week, 8:00 am to 6:30 pm.