Georgia DOT Announces Findings from AAM Study

The Geor­gia Depart­ment of Trans­porta­tion (DOT) has com­plet­ed a study on Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty (AAM), reports a press release. 

The organ­i­sa­tion has pub­lished a 20 page ‘Blue­print for AAM’, which pro­vides “action­able ini­tia­tives that can be used to inte­grate AAM into Georgia’s trans­porta­tion sys­tem,” explains the inquiry. “This roadmap out­lines a clear path and posi­tion towards achiev­ing the State’s Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty goals.” 

Giv­en the rapid devel­op­ment of the AAM indus­try and its move­ment toward deploy­ment, Geor­gia DOT embarked on this com­pre­hen­sive research to ensure the safe­ty of the pub­lic and prop­er­ty; under­stand the basic needs of an AAM oper­a­tor; assess where those oper­a­tions would like­ly first appear; iden­ti­fy the gaps in infra­struc­ture; strate­gi­cal­ly plan for new entrants; and assist with pub­lic accep­tance of a new mode of trans­porta­tion. 

This holis­tic study explores a vast array of infor­ma­tion from man­u­fac­tur­ing to deploy­ment, includ­ing a spe­cial focus giv­en to local gov­ern­ments.

Please View AAM Study Blue­print and Action Plan

https://www.dot.ga.gov/InvestSmart/Aviation/AAM/Blueprint%20and%20Action%20Plan%20-%20GDOT%20AAM%20Study.pdf

Clement Solomon, Ph.D., Inter­modal Divi­sion Direc­tor with Geor­gia DOT, com­ment­ed, “This study will guide the imple­men­ta­tion of the next gen­er­a­tion of avi­a­tion and ensure Geor­gia is posi­tioned as a leader in the indus­try.”

The research focused on four main tasks:-

: An assess­ment of AAM activ­i­ties and its poten­tial in Geor­gia.

: An inven­to­ry of the State’s poten­tial Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty air­craft land­ing areas (ver­ti­ports) and eval­u­a­tion of air­port charg­ing needs and capa­bil­i­ties.

: A com­mu­ni­ty guide­book to help local gov­ern­ments as they are approached by AAM providers.

: A statewide AAM action plan.

The release explains, “The study was con­duct­ed through a pan­el with the engage­ment of key stake­hold­ers, who formed the work­ing group. Mem­bers of the group includ­ed state and local gov­ern­ment offi­cials as well as rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the indus­try, air­ports and acad­e­mia. The group pro­vid­ed input and feed­back on the Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty research deliv­er­ables to ensure all aspects of this emerg­ing inno­va­tion are con­sid­ered.”

For exam­ple, chap­ter 5 of the pub­li­ca­tion focus­es on Georgia’s out­reach for AAM, high­light­ing the state’s exist­ing aero­space and elec­tric infra­struc­ture indus­try, acad­e­mia and oth­er ini­tia­tives.

The release con­tin­ues, “Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty is emerg­ing as an inno­v­a­tive mobil­i­ty solu­tion in the avi­a­tion indus­try. It entails new­ly-designed air­craft fly­ing at alti­tudes between 1,500–4,000 ft and cov­er­ing dis­tances between 25 to 250 miles. AAM encom­pass­es use cas­es for pas­sen­ger and car­go oper­a­tions in urban, sub­ur­ban and rur­al set­tings tra­di­tion­al­ly under­served by avi­a­tion.”

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/AAM.aspx

(Images: Geor­gia DOT)

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