NASA and Joby Complete Air Taxi Simulation Exercise Around Dallas-Fort Worth
At its peak, the simulation involved 120 virtual eVTOL flights each hour in the central terminal area of Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.
Joby Aviation and NASA have completed a series of air traffic simulations to assess how eVTOL air taxi operations can be integrated into public airspace. The exercises were conducted at NASA’s Ames Research Center, including simulated flights at busy airports using existing air traffic control tools and procedures.
The partners developed the simulations based on learnings from an extended study, and these involved scenarios involving dozens of eVTOL aircraft per hour flying in and out of the airspace around the Dallas-Forth Worth (DFW) area. The exercise made use of NASA’s Future Flight Central facility, which is a high-fidelity control tower with a 360-degree view of a real-time airport simulation.
