MD54 provides gateway to downtown Baltimore
For Dan Naor, a helicopter owner and pilot and partner in the busy Baltimore Marine Center in the Maryland city’s downtown harbor, landing at the nearest a

For Dan Naor, a helicopter owner and pilot and partner in the busy Baltimore Marine Center in the Maryland city’s downtown harbor, landing at the nearest airport was an inconvenience. “You can land at BWI or Martin,” he said, “but then it takes half an hour to get downtown.”

Four years ago, Naor set up a small floating pier where he could land the company helicopter at the marina, and local pilots started asking if they could use it, too. The level of interest convinced Naor that Baltimore Harbor needed its own heliport, and he began the process of converting some spare space on Pier 7 into a helicopter-friendly facility.