Joby and NASA simulation demonstrates 120 air taxi operations per hour in busy airspace

NASA and eVTOL developer Joby Aviation have successfully completed a series of air traffic simulations with NASA’s Ames Research Center that evaluated how air taxi operations can be integrated into today’s airspace, including at busy airports, using existing air traffic control tools and procedures. The simulations were codeveloped by Joby and NASA airspace engineers, following a multi-year airspace study. The simulations tested scenarios with various eVTOL aircraft per hour flying into and out of the complex, busy airspace in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The activity took place at NASA’s Future Flight Central, a high-fidelity virtual tower facility offering a 360-degree