Orlando International Airport moves closer to bringing electric air taxis to Central Florida

Orlando International Airport (MCO) is advancing plans for a temporary landing area for electric air taxis, a step toward introducing a new form of transportation to Central Florida. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is working with federal and state partners to explore how these aircraft could operate safely alongside traditional commercial flights.The project is part of a broader effort to integrate advanced air mobility into Florida's transportation network, with potential future routes connecting airports, theme parks and other destinations along the Interstate 4 corridor.Temporary landing site planned near Terminal CThe proposed vertipad, also described as a vertistop, would be located at the Atlantis surface parking lot near Terminal C and the Brightline train station at Orlando International Airport.Unlike conventional airplanes, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, known as eVTOLs, can rise and descend vertically without using a traditional runway. The temporary