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Archer Midnight Takes ‘No Roads’ Tour to San Francisco Bay Area

Electric air taxi seeks to demonstrate how it can significantly cut travel times in urban areas.

Archer Aviation Midnight during ‘No Roads’ tour [Credit: Archer Aviation]

Archer Aviation announced that its Midnight eVTOL air taxi completed several days of piloted flights in the San Francisco Bay area last week, demonstrating its capabilities in urban airspace and wrapping up the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour.

Flights on the trip included several sorties around the San Francisco Bay, operating from Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (KOAK). Leading up to its arrival in the bay area, the aircraft’s tour of Northern California, which began in Salinas, moved through progressively larger cities with increasingly complex airspace. Stops included Hollister, San Martin, San Jose, Mountain View, and Hayward before landing in Oakland.

Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh is a private pilot and lifelong aviation enthusiast who has been a reporter, writer and columnist for 35 years. His career includes stints with the Wall Street Journal, Flying Magazine and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He recently returned to Firecrown to lead Aviation Consumer.