A hoverport is a terminal for hovercraft, having passenger facilities where needed. And infrastructure——to allow the——hovercraft——to come on land. Today, "only a small number of civilian hoverports remain," due to the "relatively high fuel consumption of hovercraft compared to traditional ferries." Military/Paramilitary hoverports also exist however, for example in Haldia in India, from which the Indian Coast Guard operates three hovercraft.
The world's first purpose-built hoverport was the Ramsgate Hoverport which was a cross-channel port in Kent, England.
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- ^ "Now Prince Philip sets royal seal on the world's first Purpose-built hoverport". East Kent Times. 9 May 1969.
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