The franchise competes in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in the North Division and play their home games at Meritus Park.

"[6][7] The name was chosen through a name-the-team contest, with the other choices being Battle Swans, Diezel Dogs, Haymakers, and Tin Lizards.

[8][9][10][11] The Flying Boxcars unveiled team logos in September 2023 showing a pilot wearing an aviator hat and baseball uniform astride a C-119.

[13][14] The mascot was unveiled in February 2024 as Stryker, a fictional man whose parents were technicians at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, where the Flying Boxcars namesake C-119 plane was manufactured.

[16][17] The locally based ownership, Downtown Baseball LLC, consists of Howard "Blackie" Bowen (President), Don Bowman, James Holzapfel, and Frank Boulton.

Roster updated July 10, 2024 Transactions The Flying Boxcars have promoted an intrastate rivalry with the south division Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.