SSV Safe Regency Helideck

The 'closure' was not due to a typical airport shutdown but was a result of operational and economic factors related to its mobile nature. The helideck was located on the SSV Safe Regency, a semi-submersible accommodation vessel. Its operations at the specified coordinates ended upon the completion of its service contract with the company Cotemar in support of PEMEX. Following the contract, the vessel was laid up due to unfavorable market conditions and was eventually sold for scrapping in 2021 as it was an older, non-dynamically positioned asset.

The site is permanently defunct. The physical platform that constituted the helideck, the SSV Safe Regency, has been dismantled and recycled. The ICAO identifier MX-0869 is no longer in use.

The SSV Safe Regency Helideck (MX-0869) was a critical piece of logistical infrastructure for the offshore oil and gas industry in Mexico's Bay of Campeche. The helideck was part of a 'flotel' (floating hotel), a vessel that provided accommodation and support services for hundreds of workers. Its primary operation was facilitating helicopter flights for crew changes, transporting personnel and light cargo to and from onshore bases like Ciudad del Carmen (MMCE) and other offshore platforms. It played a vital role in supporting large-scale maintenance, hook-up, and commissioning projects for PEMEX, ensuring that offshore facilities could be manned safely and efficiently.

There are zero prospects for this specific helideck to reopen, as the vessel it was built on has been scrapped. Any future helicopter operations at or near these coordinates would require a new offshore vessel to be contracted and deployed to the area, which would then be assigned a new, distinct ICAO identifier for its helideck.