{"id":342572,"date":"2026-07-16T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342572\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:02:09","slug":"aviation-authority-approves-construction-of-electric-vertical-takeoff-landing-pad-at-orlando-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342572\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation Authority Approves Construction of Electric Vertical Takeoff Landing Pad at Orlando Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board approved the development of a vertistop at Orlando International Airport (MCO) in support of the State of Florida\u2019s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) initiatives and future aerial highway network.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Airport Vertistop<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mco-vertistop-surface-lot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/mco-vertistop-surface-lot.jpg\" alt=\"The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board approved the development of a vertistop at Orlando International Airport (MCO) in support of the State of Florida\u2019s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) initiatives and future aerial highway network.\" class=\"wp-image-1459060\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vertistop will be a small takeoff and landing pad for electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft demonstrations. It will be located at MCO\u2019s Surface Lot Atlantis near the Train Station.<\/p>\n<p>The development is subject to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval and support from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).<\/p>\n<p>Aircraft demonstrations at the vertistop will be held in collaboration with federal and state partners, including the FAA, FDOT, local air traffic control, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).<\/p>\n<p>The planned development will also provide validation of approach and departure procedures evaluated in high-fidelity airspace simulation assessments.<\/p>\n<p>FDOT was one of eight proposals selected under the FAA\u2019s eVTOL and AAM Integration Pilot Program (eIPP), a three-year initiative to accelerate the safe integration of AAM aircraft into the National Airspace System.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see yet another example of our industry working to establish Florida\u2019s Aerial Highway Network,\u201d said Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Jared W. Perdue, P.E. \u201cThis vertistop will play a key role in the initial phase of Advanced Air Mobility along the I-4 corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s action reflects our commitment to preparing Orlando International Airport, and, in turn, airports across our great state, for the future of aviation while keeping safety, collaboration, and the customer experience at the center of every step,\u201d said Lance Lyttle, Chief Executive Officer of GOAA, which manages Orlando International and Orlando Executive Airports. \u201cWe are grateful to our partners at the FAA, FDOT, local air traffic control, NASA, NATCA, and the many public- and private-sector stakeholders helping to advance this work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MCO\u2019s AAM planning efforts aim to avoid disrupting local aviation traffic by developing procedures that can operate independently from the legacy airport operation.<\/p>\n<p>GOAA hopes to develop an on-airport AAM vertiport by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board approved the development of a vertistop at Orlando International Airport (MCO)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[46162,30486,25629,6205,139,141,3847,140,140558],"class_list":["post-342572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-evtol","tag-goaa","tag-greater-orlando-aviation-authority","tag-mco","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-international-airport","tag-orlando-news","tag-vertistop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}