A new software platform launching in beta this week promises to answer a question that’s stymied advanced air mobility infrastructure development: Which of America’s millions of commercial properties can actually support vertiport operations?
Landings, a company building a 2,000+ location vertiport network across North America, released beta access to proprietary feasibility software that analyzes properties for vertiport readiness by examining parcel size, terrain contours, zoning compliance, FAA obstruction data, energy grid capacity, and soil stability. The platform can process up to 200 addresses simultaneously, delivering comprehensive feasibility reports in approximately 8 minutes.
“We can now upload every Prologis location onto our map and run analysis on everyone to see if they’re feasible,” explained Lisa Wright, Founder and CEO of Landings. “We can run 500 locations in about 20 minutes to whittle down which ones we’d approach.”
The platform scores properties on a 0-100 scale, evaluating seven critical infrastructure factors. A 16.8-acre shopping center in Palatine Bridge, New York, for example, scored 42 – indicating feasibility despite less-than-ideal energy grid capacity. The site features zero FAA obstacles, acceptable 6.6% slope, appropriate zoning, and crucially, 27 existing distributed energy projects in the surrounding area with 9 more planned and zero canceled.
That final metric – canceled energy projects – signals community receptiveness to distributed energy infrastructure, a factor Wright considers as important as technical specifications.
The software’s development required complete backend reconstruction using PostgreSQL geometry lookups rather than traditional GPS coordinate matching. This technical approach analyzes physical space three-dimensionally, dramatically accelerating processing speed while enabling sophisticated terrain and obstruction analysis.
“Geometry lookups are much faster because it doesn’t have to look through an entire list to match,” Wright explained. “It has an understanding of what that geometry means as a three-dimensional GPS location.” The technology, commonly used by platforms like Uber and Google Maps for location-based services, is particularly suited for land-based applications but rarely applied to commercial real estate infrastructure planning.
Beta testing currently covers 36 counties, primarily in New York State, with capability to add new regions within 48 hours based on commercial interest. Wright’s team is seeking beta users who own commercial property portfolios or work as real estate brokers managing multiple properties.
The platform addresses a practical challenge that’s emerged as electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) approach FAA certification: Infrastructure site identification has become the critical path, not aircraft technology. China already operates autonomous eVTOL air taxis on daily routes. Major U.S. manufacturers including Archer, Joby, Beta, and Electra are within 9-12 months of certification. Yet identifying which existing commercial properties can transition to vertiport operations has remained largely manual, limiting network planning speed.
Wright’s software tackles this bottleneck by automating analysis that would otherwise require individual site visits to thousands of locations. For portfolio managers overseeing hundreds or thousands of properties across multiple states, the platform offers immediate strategic clarity on which assets are positioned for advanced air mobility infrastructure.
The beta launch includes portfolio sharing capabilities, allowing teams to collaborate on site analysis. Portfolio managers can share specific property collections with colleagues or potential partners while maintaining control over proprietary data – a feature Wright added after early beta testers requested collaborative access rather than just individual reports.
Energy infrastructure emerged as the most complex variable in feasibility analysis. Wright’s team initially set requirements too stringently, causing most properties to fail. The beta version now differentiates between high-capacity vertiplexes requiring substantial power infrastructure and smaller vertistops that can operate effectively with distributed energy solutions like solar arrays and battery backup systems.
“We’re allowing for more different types of locations so we can offer different types of vertiports,” Wright noted. The strategic implication: Properties that lack current grid capacity for rapid charging aren’t necessarily eliminated – they may be perfectly suited for slower-charging operations or phased infrastructure development as community energy systems expand.
For commercial real estate owners wondering whether their properties have vertiport potential, Wright’s platform offers data-driven answers at portfolio scale. Property owners and portfolio managers interested in beta access can submit addresses through the Landings website at landings.co.
As states announce advanced air mobility network plans with increasing frequency – recent announcements cover Miami, Ohio, and Texas – the race to identify and secure vertiport-ready sites is accelerating. Wright’s software provides the first scalable tool for determining which properties in existing portfolios are positioned to participate in that infrastructure wave.
About Landings
Landings is building North America’s first comprehensive network of vertiport landing and charging infrastructure for electric aircraft. With a planned network of 2,000+ rural locations across North America, Landings is laying the groundwork for Advanced Air Mobility to reach critical mass at scale. Founded by architect and energy management expert Lisa Wright, the company takes an infrastructure-first, asset-light approach through revenue-sharing partnerships with commercial property owners. Learn more at landings.co.