YXWS
Westmead CASB
Elevation 264
CTAF 124.15
HLS-NVG Basic, Hospital
Contact
- Identifier
- YXWS
- City/State
- Parramatta, NSW
- Authority
- WSLHD NSW Health
- Person
- Renata Melan, Director of Corporate Services
- renata.melan@health.nsw.gov.au
- Phone
- 02 8890 6609
Location
- Description
Rooftop concrete HLS on hospital tower.
The new rooftop HLS (YXWS) at the Westmead Central Acute Services Building (CASB) Hospital will go live at 0800 hrs local Sydney time on Wednesday 17 February 2021- Lat/Long
- 33° 48.16'S 150° 59.40'E
- Elevation
- 264
Airspace Information
- Description
- Procedures
- Three hospital HLS now operational at Westmead. CASB is for all trauma patients. Call switchboard inbound. 02 9845 0000.
- Approach
- East or West (Marked)
- Departure
- East or West (marked)
Helipad
- Max. Mass
- 6.8 tonnes
- Obstacles
- Lift lobby on eastern edge of HLS deck is 9 m tall. Adjacent building rooftop furniture being no more than 1.5m higher than the HLS deck.
- Surface
- Concrete
- Windcone
- Yellow illuminated sock
- Fuel
- Jet A1 at Careflight Oval by prior arrangement
Lighting
- Available
- Green perimeter, green TLOF, yellow app/dep arrows, GWY Airport beacon. Flood lights manual operation for unload/load only.
- Activation
- PAL (121.30) and manual
- Guidance
- Western flight path is 267°/087°; The eastern flight path is 076°/256°
Communication
- CTAF
- 124.15
- Callsign
- Details
