Fort Worth, Texas-based OEM-alternative pilot training provider Helicopter Institute has executed a lease agreement for the Dallas CBD Vertiport with the city of Dallas.

Constructed as the world's largest urban elevated heliport/vertiport, this public-use facility is located in the Central Business District on the south end of the Dallas Convention Center. The Dallas Vertiport has a dual deck, accommodating five helicopters in the parking area plus two vertical take off and landing aircraft at the same time.

Helicopter Institute, along with Fort Worth charter and tourism flight operator Longhorn Helicopters, will utilise the vertiport and existing helicopter route structure to execute its DFW urban air mobility (UAM) project FLYP2P (Fly Point to Point). Dallas area tours and helicopter flight training will be conducted at the vertiport as well.

“It is the intention of Helicopter Institute to utilise the vertiport to aid in the integration of unmanned aircraft within congested airspace,” says president Randy Rowles. “We will be seeking an eVTOL aircraft manufacturer that shares our vision to move FLYP2P forward.”

Helicopter Institute's vertiport flight operations are scheduled to begin 14 July, 2023.