TAKE A LOOK AT Vertiports of the Future
How AAM Looks Now A reported 150-plus airframers—many of them start-ups—are developing at least as many AAM vehicles, many of them powered by electric motors. In tandem with developing a new class of aircraft comes the task of building the infrastructure to support AAM operations. How will that future look? On the air side, probably not markedly diff erent
from how it looks today. Whether going by the term “heliport” or “vertiport,” these facilities will feature acres of paint-striped concrete abutted by hangars, terminals, and lots of people coming and going.
Above: One Airbus AS350 sits on the ramp at Dallas CBD Vertiport (49T) as another departs, while a Bell 505 approaches to land. Synchronizing ground operations while deconflicting arrivals and departures is just one of the challenges to be faced as rotorcraft operations—piloted, remotely piloted, and autonomous—are expected to significantly increase in coming years.
Right: A Bell 206, parked along the vertiport’s southwestern edge, gazes out at traffic passing by on Interstate 35E. Its ability to evade ground-traffic congestion is one of the reasons AAM is predicted to have a bright future.
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