The FAA has taken what could prove to be a key step in laying the groundwork for eVTOL aircraft operations by issuing guidelines for design the vertiports they will use. The September 26 release of the final standards, contained within the FAA’s Engineering Brief No. 105, Vertiport Design, follows public feedback from the draft guidance issued earlier this year, including discussions from the virtual Industry Day on March 29, the agency said. In the engineering brief (EB), the agency added that the guidance is interim and would be updated as more real-world data on eVTOL aircraft operations become available.
“At this time, the FAA does not have enough validated VTOL aircraft performance data and necessarily is taking a prescriptive and conservative approach with the recommendations in this EB,” the engineering brief notes. “Vertiport guidance is expected to evolve into a performance-based design standard, potentially with aircraft grouped by their performance characteristics.”
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