Archer Reveals Plans for Miami Air Taxi Network, Featuring Partnerships With Hard Rock Stadium and Related Ross

Archer Avi­a­tion has revealed plans for an elec­tric air taxi net­work in the Mia­mi met­ro­pol­i­tan area, to help trans­form how res­i­dents and vis­i­tors move across one of the fastest grow­ing regions in the USA.

In a press release announced today (Wednes­day), Archer says its planned net­work will con­nect major pop­u­la­tion and busi­ness cen­tres, includ­ing Mia­mi, Fort Laud­erdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach via 10 to 20-minute flights.

Addi­tion­al­ly, the net­work is intend­ed to offer effi­cient trav­el options between the region’s three major inter­na­tion­al air­ports: Mia­mi Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (MIA), Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (FLL), and Palm Beach Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (PBI), as well as sev­er­al gen­er­al avi­a­tion air­ports in the area.

Fran­cis Suarez, May­or of Mia­mi, said: “Mia­mi has nev­er been afraid to bet on the future. We’re a city that attracts vision­ar­ies, embraces break­through tech­nol­o­gy, and turns bold ideas into real impact.

“For years, I’ve worked with Archer as they’ve advanced a vision for an air-taxi net­work that will ele­vate Miami’s posi­tion as a glob­al cap­i­tal for inno­va­tion and mobil­i­ty. What they’re build­ing isn’t just trans­for­ma­tion­al trans­porta­tion, it embod­ies the Mia­mi mind­set: we lead, we inno­vate, and we rede­fine what’s pos­si­ble.”

To sup­port this mobil­i­ty effort, Archer is work­ing with lead­ing infra­struc­ture and real estate part­ners to ready exist­ing heli­pad infra­struc­ture and stand up new-build ver­ti­ports.

Relat­ed Ross plans to devel­op a ver­ti­port with­in its West Palm Beach down­town devel­op­ment, with the aim to cre­ate a new pre­mi­um mobil­i­ty hub.

Led by vision­ary devel­op­er Stephen Ross, Relat­ed Ross is a ful­ly inte­grat­ed real estate com­pa­ny shap­ing South Florida’s next gen­er­a­tion of growth, With more than $10 bil­lion planned in invest­ment across Palm Beach Coun­ty.

Mr Ross, who is CEO and Chair­man of Relat­ed Ross, said: “Our part­ner­ship with Archer marks a piv­otal step in expand­ing South Flori­da’s region­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty through cut­ting-edge tech­nol­o­gy.

“We are inte­grat­ing Archer’s elec­tric ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing air­craft into our flag­ship loca­tions across South Flori­da, includ­ing Relat­ed Ross devel­op­ments in West Palm Beach, and Apogee Club in Hobe Sound. We’re excit­ed to embrace a for­ward-think­ing vision that trans­forms how peo­ple and busi­ness­es move across the region.”

While Drag­on Glob­al’s Mag­ic City Inno­va­tion Dis­trict® in Miami’s Lit­tle Haiti plans to build a ver­ti­port site to one of Miami’s most ambi­tious mixed-use tech­nol­o­gy and inno­va­tion com­mu­ni­ties.

Hard Rock Sta­di­um, and Apogee Golf Club, one of the country’s most pres­ti­gious golf clubs, fea­ture exist­ing heli­pads that will be read­ied for elec­tric oper­a­tions, enabling air taxi flights.

Hard Rock Sta­di­um is a mul­ti-pur­pose sta­di­um which is home to the Mia­mi Dol­phins NFL team, Uni­ver­si­ty of Mia­mi Hur­ri­canes, the For­mu­la One Mia­mi Grand Prix and Mia­mi Open pre­sent­ed by Itau. The venue will also host sev­er­al match­es at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be held across Cana­da, Mex­i­co and USA.

Bob Zan­gril­lo, Founder of Drag­on Glob­al and a part­ner in the Mag­ic City Inno­va­tion Dis­trict®, said, “The Mag­ic City Inno­va­tion Dis­trict was designed as a next-gen­er­a­tion hub for tech­nol­o­gy, cul­ture, and mobil­i­ty.

“Plaza Equi­ty Part­ners, the project’s devel­op­er, is dri­ving that vision for­ward by part­ner­ing with Archer to inte­grate an entire­ly new lay­er of trans­porta­tion — an air mobil­i­ty net­work that con­nects our dis­trict with the broad­er region and advances a mul­ti­modal, future-ready trans­porta­tion ecosys­tem for South Flori­da.”

Archer’s Mid­night air­craft is a pilot­ed air­craft designed to car­ry four pas­sen­gers and per­form rapid back-to-back trips with min­i­mal charge time between flights.

Mid­night has the poten­tial to replace 60–90-minute com­mutes by car with 10 to 20-minute elec­tric air taxi flights that are safe, sus­tain­able, low-noise and cost-com­pet­i­tive with ground trans­porta­tion, sus­tain­able, low-noise and cost-com­pet­i­tive with ground trans­porta­tion.