The Aviation Historian — January 2018

Issue No 22 THE AVIATION HISTORIAN 73

provided was traffic reports, which the pilots
would radio in to local wireless stations.
In the summer of 1966 the City of San
Francisco’s Public Utility Commission funded
a $9,000 study of the structural integrity of the
piers beneath the Downtown San Francisco
Heliport. After some improvements were
made, including the construction of an enclosed
waiting area adjacent to the landing pad, the
Heliport was reopened in 1967. Helicopter
services from the Heliport to SFO resumed.
The company continued to grow, and by May
1968 SFO Helicopter had 14 weekday departures
from the Downtown San Francisco Heliport,
three from atop the Alameda County Parking
Garage in Oakland, nine from Lafayette and
13 from Berkeley. For passengers connecting
at SFO for onward eastbound flights, an SFO
Helicopter ticket from Berkeley was $4.50,
and $4.75 from Lafayette and Marin. A 1968

With the city’s

distinctive Bay

Bridge in the

background, a pair

of businessmen

watch one of SFO

Helicopter’s S-61Ns

depart the Downtown

San Francisco

Heliport in 1968.

COLLECTION OF SFO MUSEUM

BELOW : 1966 SFO HELICOPTER TIMETABLE MAP / DAVID H. STRINGER COLLECTIONBELOW : 1966 SFO HELICOPTER TIMETABLE MAP / DAVID H. STRINGER COLLECTION