The London Heliport handled 11,900 total movements, including exempted movements, in 2017, representing a five per cent increase in activity on the previous year. The trend towards medium to large twin-engined executive helicopter movements also continued into 2017, with types such as the Leonardo AW169 recently becoming available for charter with UK operators Halo Aviation and Starspeed.

Interlining with business jets accounted for 20 per cent of traffic during the year with the likes of Castle Air, Capital Air Services, Atlas Helicopters, Halo and Starspeed departing London Biggin Hill, London Luton, London Oxford, Farnborough and London Stansted. The London Helicopter sightseeing company, based at Battersea and Redhill and now under the ownership and AOC of A2B Aero, is into its sixth year.

The heliport is undergoing major investment to upgrade its communications equipment, including the installation of a new transmitter and receivers to meet the new 8.33 MHz spacing regulations for VHF ground-air communications. Early this year a partnership agreement was ratified with the Meteorological Office to upgrade available sensor equipment enabling the London Heliport to disseminate METAR data widely to the aviation community and make official forecasting available using qualified Met observers on the heliport team.