vertiport
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A vertiport (verti- is for vertical and port for harbour, analogous to airport) is a future, as yet rarely realised concept of a take-off and landing site for electrically powered aircraft taking off and landing vertically, eVTOL craft. It can be part of a vertihub if there is a large volume of air traffic. A vertiport is similar to a heliport or helipad.
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9 sectionsContents
- Proposed types
- Vertihub
- Vertibase
- Vertistation
- Vertipad
- History
- See also
- References
- External links
A vertiport (verti- is for vertical and port for harbour, analogous to airport) is a future, as yet rarely realised concept of a take-off and landing site for electrically powered aircraft taking off and landing vertically, eVTOL craft. It can be part of a vertihub if there is a large volume of air traffic. A vertiport is similar to a heliport or helipad.
== Proposed types == thumb|A helipad on a hospital, analogous to a possible vertiport thumb|A concept image of a vehicle landing at a vertiport thumb|A concept schematic representation of a vertiport
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