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Archer Aviation To Take Over Socal’s Hawthorne Airport
eVTOL aircraft developer holds the master lease and an option to buy FBO
Archer Aviation Hawthorne depiction
This depiction shows how Archer Aviation could transform Hawthorne Airport and the Jet Center Los Angeles FBO.

Archer Aviation has signed agreements to take over the master lease for Hawthorne Airport (KHHR) near Los Angeles for $126 million in cash. According to Archer, which is developing the Midnight eVTOL aircraft, the airport will “serve as its operational hub for its planned L.A. air taxi network operations, including serving a key role in the LA28 Olympic Games.

"The company also plans to utilize the airport as an innovation testbed for the next-generation AI-powered aviation technologies that it is developing and planning to deploy with its airline and technology partners. This includes AI-powered air traffic and ground operations management, in addition to other key technologies.”

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