Gulf Aerospace Heliport

Economic and corporate restructuring. The heliport was a private facility for the headquarters of Gulf Aerospace Corporation. In 1998, the company was acquired by The NORDAM Group. Following the acquisition, the need for a dedicated corporate heliport at this location was eliminated, leading to its closure and eventual removal.

The site has been fully redeveloped into a large corporate office park. The building that once housed Gulf Aerospace is now a major operations center for Nielsen, a global measurement and data analytics company, located at 1 Nielsen Way, Oldsmar, FL. The former heliport area is now part of the campus's parking lots and landscaped grounds. There is no remaining trace or infrastructure of the heliport.

The Gulf Aerospace Heliport was a private-use facility that served the corporate headquarters of Gulf Aerospace Corporation, a major international distributor of aircraft parts and components for companies like Boeing and Airbus. Its operations were exclusively for corporate and executive transport, likely handling light to medium helicopters to shuttle personnel to and from major regional airports such as Tampa International (KTPA) and St. Pete-Clearwater International (KPIE). Its significance was tied directly to the business operations of Gulf Aerospace during its tenure in Oldsmar from the mid-to-late 1990s.

There are no known plans or prospects for reopening the heliport. The land is privately owned and has been fully integrated into the Nielsen corporate campus. Re-establishing an aviation facility at this location would be impractical due to the current land use and lack of any operational need from the current tenants.