{"id":73007,"date":"2025-12-05T22:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73007\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:04:33","slug":"air-taxis-could-reach-miami-airport-in-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/73007\/","title":{"rendered":"Air taxis could reach Miami airport in minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Forget sitting in traffic for hours to get to Miami International Airport. Starting next year, you could fly there in minutes using electric helicopter-like taxis.<\/p>\n

The aviation company Archer<\/a> is working to make air travel between Miami and Palm Beach International Airport possible in just 10 to 20 minutes. <\/p>\n

The electric air taxis are designed to bypass traffic congestion and get passengers to airports and other hubs within minutes with no harmful emissions.<\/p>\n

“Being there in person this week, in the congestion, was painful,” said Melissa McCaffrey, head of government affairs at Archer.<\/p>\n

The plan would put air taxis in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Stuart. The four electric air taxis created by Archer are designed with safety as a priority.<\/p>\n

“We have multiple rotors, and with a helicopter, you just have one point of failure,” McCaffrey said.<\/p>\n

For travelers like Claire Bullard, who recently spent two hours driving to the airport, the concept is appealing.<\/p>\n

“It’s kind of sometimes hard to make sure you’re on time,” Bullard said. “I think that’s really cool!”<\/p>\n

However, some travelers have concerns about safety and logistics. Keil Roark expressed skepticism about the new technology.<\/p>\n

“I think the first step is the safety concern, right?” Roark said.<\/p>\n

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Another potential challenge involves flying past President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, where federal flight restrictions <\/a>are in place 24\/7. McCaffrey said the company would work with federal aviation authorities to accommodate their routes.<\/p>\n

“We would integrate into the national airspace system, look to the FAA and the air traffic controllers in the area to accommodate our routes,” McCaffrey said.<\/p>\n

As for cost, the service is expected to be comparable to premium ride-sharing services.<\/p>\n

“I would be willing to pay at least $100 to not drive two hours,” Bullard said.<\/p>\n

“It’s going to be (comparable) to a ride share, similar to around an Uber Black,” McCaffrey said.<\/p>\n

The company said it is in the final stages of getting FAA certified and air taxis could be in the sky as soon as next summer.<\/p>\n

This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. \u2014 Forget sitting in traffic for hours to get to Miami International Airport. Starting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[8461,41811,40301,41812,41813,41809,225,227,226,8311,41810,41814,41815],"class_list":{"0":"post-73007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-air-mobility","9":"tag-airport-shuttle","10":"tag-archer-aviation","11":"tag-electric-air-taxis","12":"tag-electric-aircraft","13":"tag-faa-certification","14":"tag-hialeah","15":"tag-hialeah-headlines","16":"tag-hialeah-news","17":"tag-miami-airport","18":"tag-south-florida-transportation","19":"tag-traffic-bypass","20":"tag-urban-air-transport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73007","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=73007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}