DIFCO Inc.®


Commences Construction on


America’s First VTOL and eVTOL Vertiport Facility


DIFCO Inc.® recently initiated construction on America’s first electric Vertical Takeoff


and Landing (eVTOL) vertiport facility in Rock Island, Illinois. Officially named “The Corporal Jason G. Pautsch Vertiport,” the site is located centrally within the Quad Cities metropolitan area and will include corporate hangar facilities for lease, refueling services, an executive pilot lounge, prototype visual navigational aid beacon, and an area navigation (RNAV) instrumentation approach and departure egress. DIFCO Inc.®


partnered with


rotorcraft aviation legends Hughes Aerospace and Five Alpha LLC. on the development in early 2021.


DIFCO Inc.Chief Executive Officer Jake Pautsch has announced the project to help familiarize the community with eVTOL and VTOL and the future resources available to them by anchoring a significant hospital’s aeromedical aviation division to the site. In a public announcement, Pautsch said, “We are excited to be pioneering with our team and aerospace partners. The vertiport


will supply Quad City metro medical patients with safer and faster high-end access to aeromedical transport. In addition to supporting traditional rotorcraft, the state-of-the-art facility will support the rising electric battery-powered eVTOL aircraft.” Pautsch also notes, “Numerous one-of-a-kind components of the project are unheard of in this industry and will increase safety. In addition, use of advanced technology will manage power production demands that eVTOL aircraft require without drawing from traditional energy grid power. Evaluating the massive power demands of electric aircraft is a moral responsibility. We have integrated components to be renewably conscience.”


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