Reference Documents & Reports

The Vertical Flight Society has created a convenient new resource page that organizes years’ worth of regulations, white papers, reports and reference documents related to advanced air mobility (AAM), along with a range of electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft! Documents featured are published by AAM companies, regulators — including the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) — and associations like the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and SAE International.

Infrastructure and Downwash/Outwash

• CAP3075 Protecting the Future: Trials and Simulation of Downwash and Outwash for Helicopters and Powered Lift Aircraft, UK CAA, April 1, 2025
• Engineering Brief No. 105A, Vertiport Design, Supplemental Guidance to Advisory Circular 150/5390-2D, Heliport Design, FAA, Dec. 27, 2024
• Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure, FAA resource page
• Urban Air Mobility: An Airport Perspective, TRB,  Feb. 2023
• Recommendations for Accelerating the Development of the Electric Aviation Sector in Europe, GAMA, April 19, 2024
• Managing Range and Endurance of Battery-Electric Aircraft, GAMA, Sept. 2023
• Impacts of Regional Air Mobility and Electrified Aircraft on Local Grid Infrastructure and Airport Electricity Demand, NREL, Feb. 2023

FAA Certification Documents

• Special Conditions: BETA Technologies Inc. Model H500A Electric Engines, FAA, Dec. 17
• Special Class Airworthiness Criteria for the AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation Model AW609 Powered-Lift, FAA, Oct. 31

Operations

• Integration of Powered-Lift: Pilot Certification and Operations; Miscellaneous Amendments Related to Rotorcraft and Airplanes - Final Rule, FAA, Oct. 22
• FAA Completes Framework for Air Taxis to Take Off, Mike Whitaker, FAA Administrator, Medium.com, Oct. 22
• Honeywell State of UAS and UAM Certification Guide, Honeywell
• UAM Concept of Operations 2.0, FAA, April 2023
• AAM Implementation Plan v1.0, FAA, July 2023
• EASA Opinion on UAS and AAM, Aug. 2023
• Roadmap of Advanced Air Mobility Operations, VAI, April 2023
• Enabling Supervised Flight – Procedures, Communications, Navigation, Surveillance and Supporting Infrastructure, GAMA, Sept. 5

AAM Resources for US Communities

• AAM Prepared, AUVSI Policy Recommendations
• AM 2024 Call to Action, ICAO, Sept. 10, 2024
• Advanced Air Mobility Community Integration Considerations Playbook, NASA, May 2023

General/Other AAM documents 

• Demystifying Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Vertical Flight Society, Updated Aug 7
• Shaping the Future of Advanced Air Mobility Safety: RAeS President’s 2024 Briefing Paper, Royal Aeronautical Society, May 2024
• Gaps Progress Report Available: ANSI UASSC Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ANSI, March 2024

Autonomous AAM

• Wisk and ReD Define Accessibility Recommendations for the Advanced Air Mobility Industry, Wisk, March 2024
• Concept of Operations (ConOps) for Uncrewed Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Boeing/Wisk, Dec. 2023
• Methodology for Evaluation of Automation for UAS Operations, JARUS, April 2023

Defense and Parapublic Applications

• The Use of eVTOL Aircraft for First Responder, Police, and Medical Transport Applications, SAE, Sept. 2023
• Department of Defense Considerations for Leveraging Commercially Developed Emerging Technologies, Rand, July 2023
• The Use of eVTOL Aircraft for Military Applications: Last-mile Transport and Logistics, SAE, Nov 2022
• Amping Airpower—Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing for the U.S. Air Force, Rand, Sept. 30

Climate Impact

• Insights and innovations to mitigate aviation climate impact by 2030, Communications Engineering, Oct. 21
• Air Route Design of Multi-Rotor UAVs for Urban Air Mobility, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Oct. 18

Last updated: April 29, 2025