UDOT tests out 'vertiports' for drone delivery and air taxis in the Wasatch Front

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Companies have promised widespread drone delivery and even personal air-taxis in the near future, and the Utah Department of Transportation is helping pave the

way.

A vertiport is a defined area used for aircraft that will carry packages and people in the future. Vertiports can range in type from parking lots to the tops of office buildings, airports to industrial complexes.“The successful launch of a simulated air taxi from a vertiport gives us a sneak peek at our future,” said Paul Damron, UDOT advanced air mobility manager.

“It took me, no kidding, 3 hours and 12 minutes to drive from Spanish Fork, Utah to here today," said CEO of Flight Level Engineering Borja Martos. "If I was in one of these vehicles, could have been 45 minutes. It took the helicopter 33 minutes to come from the same place I left to here. That’s what gets me excited.”

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