Certification
FAA means of compliance accepted; Part 135 application; UAE GCAA restricted type certificate track
Launch operators and orders: Abu Dhabi Aviation (Launch Edition); United Airlines; Hawthorne Airport LA (owned); LA28 Olympics.
Battery: Molicel cylindrical lithium-ion cells; six packs. Charging: CCS-based; ACES consortium with BETA and Macquarie.
Program record
Program record
| Class | eVTOL passenger |
| Country | United States |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Seats or payload | pilot + 4 |
| Range (km, published target) | 161 |
| Battery | Molicel cylindrical lithium-ion cells; six packs |
| Charging | CCS-based; ACES consortium with BETA and Macquarie |
| Autonomy | piloted; Wisk autonomy joins only if the Boeing sale closes (pending) |
| Certification | FAA means of compliance accepted; Part 135 application; UAE GCAA restricted type certificate track |
| Status | active |
| Launch operators and orders | Abu Dhabi Aviation (Launch Edition); United Airlines; Hawthorne Airport LA (owned); LA28 Olympics |
| Manufacturing | Covington GA (with Stellantis); Abu Dhabi |
| Parent or backers | Stellantis; United; Boeing equity on close of Wisk, Insitu and SkyGrid purchase (agreed Aug 2026); NYSE ACHR |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: archer.com
In context
Where it fits
Listed in the eVTOL Directory. Programs are ranked on battery, charging, autonomy, certification stage and launch operators - the factors that decide whether an aircraft enters commercial service.
| Program | Status |
|---|---|
| AE200-100 (Aerofugia) | active |
| Land Aircraft Carrier (Aridge (XPeng)) | active |
| Prosperity (V2000EM) (AutoFlight) | active |
| ALIA A250 (BETA Technologies) | active |
| VT35 (EHang) | active |
| EH216-S (EHang) | active |
| e200x (ePlane Company) | active |
| Eve eVTOL (Eve Air Mobility) | active |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Midnight (Archer Aviation)
- Sources
- ElectronsX aviation dataset; company filings and regulator records
- Updated
- 2026-10