Phase 5 — Policy & Community Frameworks

Explore ordinances, land use and zoning, noise and environmental planning, public safety, and emergency preparedness, to guide integration aligned with local priorities.

Translating AAM into Local Policy and Practice


This section helps communities develop the local policy and regulatory frameworks needed to support future AAM operations. 

The resources below provide examples and considerations on ordinances, land use and zoning, noise and environmental planning, public safety and emergency preparedness, and community engagement to guide thoughtful integration aligned with local priorities.

These tools can be used together to ensure AAM development is coordinated, compatible with existing plans, and responsive to community needs.

Featured Resources

Guide

Land-Use and Zoning Best Practices

Guide

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Guide

GUIDE

Environmental and Noise Mitigation Strategies: Planning Considerations for Airports, Vertiports, and Emerging Aviation Infrastructure

Implementation Roadmap

Your Advanced Air Mobility journey — step by step

New to advanced air mobility planning? Follow the guided roadmap below through each phase of adoption. Select any phase to explore tools, checklists, and resources tailored to where you are.

Phase 1 — Understanding AAM

Learn the fundamentals of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), including eVTOL aircraft, drones, air taxis, and emerging use cases that could transform transportation and logistics. 

Learn

Phase 2 — Assessing Readiness

Evaluate your community’s current infrastructure, policies, stakeholders, and public awareness to determine its readiness for AAM planning and deployment.


Assess

Phase 3 — Roles & Responsibility Alignment

Bring together key partners, align local efforts with state initiatives, and identify policy updates needed to support future AAM operations.



Align

Phase 4 — Planning & Site Development

Identify potential vertiport locations, assess policy and regulatory considerations, engage stakeholders, and develop plans that align AAM infrastructure with local transportation and infrastructure strategies.

Plan

Phase 5 — Policy & Community Frameworks

Explore ordinances, land use and zoning, noise and environmental planning, public safety, and emergency preparedness, to guide integration aligned with local priorities.


Develop

Phase 6 — Implementation

Prepare for the transition from planning to deployment by exploring funding opportunities, partnership models, infrastructure development, and operational considerations.

Operate