The granite helipad is meant to accommodate the VH-92A Patriot Marine One helicopters and will be paid for by Sikorsky Aircraft.
Trump will travel to North Dakota on Wednesday for the aircraft's inaugural presidential use over a week after its commissioning flights began.
The service announced the delivery of the Qatari-donated aircraft to Joint Base Andrews on Friday and the kickoff of its commissioning flights.
President Trump said the U.S. military is mine hunting in the strait and that the passage would be fully open Friday.
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