FAA Publishes V1.0 Concept of Operations for Urban Air Mobility Written 14 July 2020
Artist’s rendition of an Urban Air Mobility environment | NASA
Aviation Today reports that the FAA’s NextGen office “recently published its V1.0 Concept of Operations for urban air mobility, developed in collaboration with” NASA and the UAM industry. The document, “an initial communication after discussions with [the] industry last fall, lays the foundation for how high-volume cargo and passenger air taxis will begin to operate within the national airspace system – largely without the involvement of air traffic controllers.” The document “envisions a transition from current helicopter routes to UAM Corridors, defined and declared by the FAA but largely governed by industry and other stakeholders through a process of community-based rulemaking (CBR).” Air traffic control “will determine the availability of Corridors based on surrounding conditions and operations, but within them will not provide tactical separation services.” Stakeholder will be able to use the CBR process “to accommodate increased traffic by raising various performance and operational requirements, subject to FAA approval.”
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