Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is an innovative concept designed to improve air transportation through the use of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. AAM incorporates cutting-edge aviation technologies that promise to transform transportation by offering more efficient, safer, and cost-effective methods for moving both people and goods.

Led by UDOTs Division of Aeronautics (DOA), and working closely with public, private, and academic partners to develop, test, and deploy the technology needed to safely fly and operate this new means of aviation.

Create over 11,000 new full-time aerospace industry and other jobs in the State.

Generate over $8 billion in new business activity and related stimulus.

Produce $1.8 billion in local, state. and federal tax revenues.

Utah AAM Infrastructure and Regulatory Study

Airports As Connected Activity Centers

In coordination with, and at the request of, the Utah Legislature our Division organized the Utah Advanced Air Mobility Working Group. This report is the culmination of the working group’s findings and input as well as a study conducted of the infrastructure assets now in place and those anticipated as necessary to make advanced air mobility a reality in Utah.

This research project determined how airports could function as connected activity centers. The current state of policy is to treat airports as secluded from the rest of the metropolitan area and only engage in reactive planning in response to specific threats or crises.

Utah’s AAM Economic Impact Forecast

Land-Use Planning for Vertiports

Utah is one of America’s economic powerhouse, ranking at or near the top of numerous national indexes for both business and social excellence. Utah is embracing innovative technologies like Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to address transportation challenges while pursuing broader goals, including reducing emissions to improve air quality, supporting economic development, and enhancing quality of life through new mobility options and job creation.

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a rapidly developing industry that highlights tremendous growth opportunities and major shift in the delivery mode of services and products. This project focuses on a vital step towards the integration of UAM: the siting of vertiports based on their impact on the surrounding community.

Uncrewed Aircraft Systems

The Division of Aeronautics’ Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program is developed to educate and integrate new uncrewed aircraft technologies into the National Airspace System. Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) are a versatile tool that is expanding in capabilities rapidly within the transportation industry. UAS provides a wide variety of operational, societal, and economic benefits. Within the Department, the use of UAS has provided significant cost efficiencies, improved data quality, and enhanced personnel safety over tadeonal methods and existing processes.