Hoverport

{{Short description|Terminal for hovercraft}}

File:Rydehoverport.jpg is a civilian hoverport on the Isle of Wight, UK]]

File:Hovertravel fleet at Ryde.JPG]]

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.{{cite news|work=East Kent Times|title=Now Prince Philip sets royal seal on the world's first Purpose-built hoverport|date=9 May 1969|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003350/19690509/251/0021?browse=true}}