Epistemic Review
Sourced from the Coursera TU Munich MOOC on Urban Air Mobility. I do not have prior experience and expertise on UAM aerodromes. This is a compilation of what I learned about vertidromes from the course. My goal is to expand and deepen my knowledge on this so I can find a career in UAM fields or at the very least, develop a stronger knowledge base on the field
A UAM aerodrome is a junction for UAM aircraft. There are different types of UAM aerodromes1
flowchart LR
A["UAM Aerodrome"] --> B["STOLdrome"]
A["UAM Aerodrome"] --> C["Vertidrome"]
C["Vertidrome"] --> D["Vertistop"]
C["Vertidrome"] --> E["Vertiport"]
C["Vertidrome"] --> F["Vertihub"]
Definition
An aerodrome is a general facility for aircraft
- STOLdrome - Aerodromes serving (e)STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft operations
- Vertidrome - Aerodromes serving VTOL aircraft operations exclusively
- Vertistop - Minimal vertidromes serving only take-off and landing operations of eVTOLs
- Vertiport - Junctions larger than vertistops that serve all eVTOL operations
- Vertihub - Larger vertiports that can handle huge volumes of eVTOL aircraft and their operations. Vertihubs typically have ~10 TOL pads2