In UK, there is an airport for drones and flying cars

A few days ago, Urban Airport Air-One opened in Coventry, UK. On the website of Hyundai, one of the partners in the venture along with the UK government and Urban Airport, the new site was described as «an innovative hub for future electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft – such as air taxis and autonomous delivery drones – that will transport people and cargo across cities in the coming years». The stated purpose is to demonstrate the full potential of urban air mobility including, among other things, sustainability. The implementation of this new site should serve «to reduce congestion, cut air pollution and holistically decarbonise transport while providing seamless passenger journeys and deliveries». Drones and aerotaxis will be active in Coventry's Air-One as early as the end of the year, but there are already plans for 200 zero-emission city airports over the next five years.

These projections are not science fiction talk: in fact, NASA has predicted that in the United States alone, urban air mobility is a market that will be worth up to $500 billion in the next few years - the only thing missing is infrastructure. And it is precisely to support the growth of the sector that Air-One was born from a collaboration between Urban Air Port and Hyundai Motor Group's Urban Air Mobility division, which is not only already developing an electric aircraft but wants to start marketing it as early as 2028. The issue is important because, for example, so-called vertiports not only take up 60 percent less space than classic heliports, but can be installed in days, emit no emissions and are built with a modular design that allows them to be disassembled and transported to alternative sites as the global vertiport network develops - with revolutionary implications for emergency management due to the ability to mobilize drones immediately.