Investigation of Operational Environment for Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility

With the emergence of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and Urban Air Mobiliary (UAM), there is a need to determine how best to integrate AAM/UAM into low-altitude airspace. AAM/UAM is expected to fly at lower altitudes than existing aircraft, but their flight areas partially overlap. To help integrate AAM/UAM into low-altitude airspace safely and efficiently, this research investigates the appropriate operational environment for AAM/UAM in low-altitude airspace.

To ensure a future operational environment is investigated appropriately, there is a need to consider various perspectives including air traffic management (ATM) and communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS), as well as the impact of uncertainties such as how AAM/UAM will fly in future. This research aims to propose a highly feasible operational environment for AAM/UAM in low-altitude airspace by drafting several configurations of the operational environment and discussing them with relevant stakeholders.

Creating an operational environment for next-generation air mobility at low altitude.Aircraft fly through Control area, Approach control area, and Control zone. Next generation air mobility will operate in low altitude airspace.