49 U.S.C. § 951

DEFINITIONS.

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“In this subtitle:“(1)Advanced air mobility.—The terms ‘advanced air mobility’ and ‘AAM’ mean a transportation system that is comprised of urban air mobility and regional air mobility using manned or unmanned aircraft.“(2)Powered-lift aircraft.—The term ‘powered-lift aircraft’ has the meaning given the term ‘powered-lift’ in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.“(3)Regional air mobility.—The term ‘regional air mobility’ means the movement of passengers or property by air between 2 points using an airworthy aircraft that—“(A) has advanced technologies, such as distributed propulsion, vertical takeoff and landing, powered lift, nontraditional power systems, or autonomous technologies;“(B) has a maximum takeoff weight of greater than 1,320 pounds; and“(C) is not urban air mobility.“(4)Urban air mobility.—The term ‘urban air mobility’ means the movement of passengers or property by air between 2 points in different cities or 2 points within the same city using an airworthy aircraft that—“(A) has advanced technologies, such as distributed propulsion, vertical takeoff and landing, powered lift, nontraditional power systems, or autonomous technologies; and“(B) has a maximum takeoff weight of greater than 1,320 pounds.“(5)Vertiport.—The term ‘vertiport’ means an area of land, water, or a structure used or intended to be used to support the landing, takeoff, taxiing, parking, and storage of powered-lift aircraft or other aircraft that vertiport design and performance standards established by the Administrator [of the Federal Aviation Administration] can accommodate.