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On Friday, April 11, Anac signed the specific terms of admission for the development of the vertiport model that will be adopted in Brazil. The companies Vertimob Infrastructure Ltda and PAX Aeroportos, selected in a public call, will develop and test innovative solutions for landing and takeoff sites for eVTOLs (acronym in English for electric vertical take-off & landing), electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.
The projects will cover topics such as the layout of the aircraft landing and take-off area, final approach and take-off trajectories, support capacity of physical infrastructure, fire-fighting system, physical space for maintenance, repair and support services, aircraft noise requirements, operational safety and appropriate access control (facilitation and security).
The goal is to conduct tests and analyses according to the regulatory sandbox model, to enable the development of the appropriate infrastructure for the operation of this equipment, generating social, economic and environmental benefits. The process will be supervised by ANAC, and in the future, it may help define safety requirements for vertiports.
Selection
The vertiport regulatory sandbox project began in June 2024, with the call for proposals. After the analyses, ANAC chose the companies that demonstrated technical capacity, degree of project development and potential for regulatory advancement. In total, 38 proposals were presented to the evaluation and judgment committee.
