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AAM Institute to host vertiport planning and design training workshop in Abu Dhabi

Amid the rapid advance­ments in the urban air mobil­i­ty (UAM), Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty Insti­tute (AAM Insti­tute) in col­lab­o­ra­tion with LYNEports, is set to host a hands-on work­shop on Ver­ti­port Plan­ning and Design at the ADNEC Cen­tre in Abu Dhabi from Novem­ber 19 to 21.

The mul­ti-day event will pro­vide in-depth train­ing on the lat­est devel­op­ments in advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) and ver­ti­port infra­struc­ture.

Fur­ther­more, it will fea­ture hands-on ses­sions led by indus­try experts, includ­ing Dan Sloat, Founder and Pres­i­dent of AAMI, and Rasha Alsha­mi, Founder and CEO of LYNEports.

Atten­dees will gain valu­able insights into ver­ti­port plan­ning, safe­ty reg­u­la­tions, and the appli­ca­tion of LYNEports’ state-of-the-art soft­ware for ver­ti­port mod­el­ling and oper­a­tional plan­ning.

Comprehensive vertiport training 

In addi­tion, the course will intro­duce par­tic­i­pants to the fun­da­men­tals of ver­ti­ports, empha­sis­ing the devel­op­ment of eVTOL air­craft, oper­a­tional clas­si­fi­ca­tions, and reg­u­la­to­ry frame­works.

Par­tic­i­pants will also explore the dis­tinc­tions between heli­ports and ver­ti­ports, with a focus on the safe­ty con­sid­er­a­tions and reg­u­la­tions essen­tial to their design and oper­a­tion.

Beyond the­o­ret­i­cal knowl­edge, the train­ing will empha­sise hands-on expe­ri­ence using LYNEports’ pro­pri­etary soft­ware.

Par­tic­i­pants will engage in exer­cis­es such as mod­el­ling ver­ti­ports, eval­u­at­ing site suit­abil­i­ty, sim­u­lat­ing weath­er con­di­tions, and plan­ning flight routes.

The soft­ware exer­cis­es will include sim­u­la­tions of weath­er impacts, flight routes, and air­space inte­gra­tion, offer­ing real-world insights into the com­plex­i­ties of UAM.

Fur­ther­more, safe­ty is a cor­ner­stone of the train­ing, with ded­i­cat­ed ses­sions on fire safe­ty at ver­ti­ports, charg­ing capac­i­ty for eVTOLs, and con­sid­er­a­tions for icing and de-icing in urban envi­ron­ments.

Final­ly, the pro­gramme will explore the inte­gra­tion of hydro­gen infra­struc­ture at ver­ti­ports and air­ports, and dis­cuss oper­a­tional con­sid­er­a­tions such as down­wash and out­wash wind effects, noise map­ping, and com­mu­ni­ty accep­tance to ensure a holis­tic under­stand­ing of the fac­tors influ­enc­ing ver­ti­port and eVTOL oper­a­tions. 

Upon com­ple­tion, par­tic­i­pants will receive a cer­tifi­cate from LYNEports and AAMI, val­i­dat­ing their exper­tise in ver­ti­port design and AAM.

Fur­ther­more, they will have one month of free access to LYNEports soft­ware fol­low­ing the train­ing, allow­ing them to con­tin­ue hon­ing their skills and explor­ing advanced ver­ti­port plan­ning tech­niques.

For fur­ther details and reg­is­tra­tion, vis­it: www.lyneports.com.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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