PIER 7 HELIPORT AT BALTIMORE MARINE CENTERS ADDS BELFORT AWOS

Belfort Instrument Company has installed its DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the Pier 7 Heliport in Baltimore Maryland.

The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point, altimeter, visibility and cloud height on a graphical display, over a VHF frequency, and on the Internet www.digiwx-4md.com.

The Pier 7 Heliport is Maryland’s only public-use, full service heliport providing six landing pads, Jet A fuel service, parking, Pilot’s lounge, and hanger space. The heliport also offers a full line of services including charter on demand, medical transport, executive flight options, and aerial land surveys, as well as being available for special events and occasions. www.flyBHS.com “The addition of the Belfort AWOS added one more measure of safety for our flight operations,” this according Jessie Bowling, Special Projects at Pier 7 Heliport, she continues, “the Belfort AWOS met our needs for a quality weather reporting system at our Pier 7 facility”

Funding for the AWOS was provided in part by the Maryland Department of Transportation, Office of Regional Aviation Assistance.

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.