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maxdotoday at 3:10 AM2 repliesview on HN

if your air taxi is pilotless and electric, why it can't be scalable.


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Archonicaltoday at 3:33 AM

How many people do you think enter/exit JFK arrivals and departures every hour? Where are you going to land all those air vehicles? Is this a shuttle service with many seats? How do you plan for the air traffic for that many people?

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tqitoday at 3:52 AM

JFK airtrain carries about 30K passengers per weekday in 2025. how many landing pads would be needed to carry a meaningful % of that traffic alone?