List of heliports in Washington, D.C.

Helicopters at Bolling Air Force Base

Heliports in Washington, D.C. include 16 heliports within the district and, as of 2002, 32 more in the metro area. Of this total 22 belong to hospitals, 12 to other corporations or private owners, 10 government, three military, and one public.

The White House does not have its own heliport, but uses the South Lawn, with portable communications equipment brought out for Marine One arrivals and departures.

Heliports in D.C.

Name	Owner / Operator	Active	Coordinates
Bolling Air Force Base	United States Air Force
Children's National Medical Center	Children's National Medical Center
Georgetown University Hospital	Georgetown University Hospital
Metropolitan Complex (50 Florida Avenue NE)
Metropolitan Police Department 2nd District	Metropolitan Police Department
Metropolitan Police Department 3rd District	Metropolitan Police Department
Metropolitan Police Department 5th District	Metropolitan Police Department
National Presbyterian Church / WRC-TV (NBC)	WRC-TV (NBC)
Sibley Memorial Hospital	Sibley Memorial Hospital
South Capitol Street Heliport	Steuart Investment Company / Air Pegasus of DC (former) / Metropolitan Police Department	Yes - Metropolitan Police Department only, others on case-by-case basis
Spirit of Washington / Pier 4 / Police Harbor Patrol Branch - Water St SW
Steuart Office Pad (5454 Wisconsin Avenue NW)
US Park Police Eagle's Nest	National Park Service
Walter Reed Emergency	Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington Post Building	The Washington Post	No
Washington Hospital Center	Washington Hospital Center

South Capitol Street Heliport

Until 1996, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPDC) operated eight helicopters, including three MD-500s and five Bell OH-58s. The MPDC had heliports in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th police districts. The helicopters were sold after budget cuts; the MPDC used National Park Service helicopters as needed. In 2001, the MPDC obtained a new Eurocopter AS350, and flies it from the South Capitol Street Heliport at Buzzard Point.

From 1998 until the September 11 attacks, Air Pegasus operated helicopter sightseeing and other transportation services out of the South Capitol Street Heliport, but the federal government has not allowed it to resume operations due to security concerns. WTTG Fox-5 also used the heliport from 1999 to 2001, then moved its operations elsewhere. On November 10, 2010, District of Columbia Congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton asked the TSA to allow the South Capitol Street Heliport to reopen for non-governmental use.

Inactive heliports

The heliport atop the Washington Post building on 15th Street NW was last used in 1975, when newspaper owners transported printing plates out during an employee strike to have newspapers printed elsewhere.

External links

• Potomac River Rescue Association