March 17-19, 2026
Excel London, UK

Passenger Terminal CONFERENCE

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Urban design considerations for AAM and UAS operations

18 Mar 2026
Room 17
Day 2 - Future mobility – AAM, UAM and vertiports
The presentation will provide information on advance air mobility infrastructure requirements, including various types of landing sites and associated infrastructure for all use cases. It will also include safeguarding, land-use compatibility and safety considerations for site selection of landing sites and operations. The main goal is to share discussion points for airspace structure to support low-level VTOL, helicopter and drone operations. The presentation will include discussion on methodology for passenger forecast and operations of vertiports. The last part will include UAS traffic management and associated system deployment, along with regulatory and safety case requirements.
  • Vertiport site selection
  • Drone hubs
  • AAM mobility for a city
  • Land-use compatibility and safeguarding
  • Route planning and integration with other VFR traffic
Speakers
Philip Church, director, aviation - Egis