Hovercraft are versatile, high performance craft. They are often the only means to easily access otherwise impassable areas of the world, being ideally suited to shallow water and drying areas and able to transverse submerged rocks, boulder-strewn rivers and rapids, etc..
| The hovercraft is an ideal mode of transport for: |
| beach landings |
| high speed operations in good / moderate weather conditions |
| short and sheltered routes |
| shallow waters and drying areas |
| ice and tundra operations |
A helicopter could provide alternative transport in many of these areas but at far greater expense and, in the majority of cases, with the limitation of a much lighter single lift capability. |
