45.2dBAMeasured on the ground by NASA as the aircraft passed overhead at 500 m. About the level of a quiet conversation.
The city, seven minutes wide.
Electric aircraft between rooftop vertiports. JFK to Midtown in the time it takes to find a cab.
HDG 212
- ALT
- 1,480ft
- GS
- 238km/h
- SOC
- 71.4%
- NOISE
- 45.2dBA
Sample telemetry, cruise leg JFK to E34
Price the hop before you book it.
Pick two vertiports. You see the fare, the flight time and what the same trip costs you on the road.
JFK to E34, 19.9 km
$152per seat
Skyport9 min
Road, typical traffic73 min
You get back 64 minutes on this trip.
Sample fares and average road speeds. Not a quote.
One flight, four moves.
Board
Walk in, weigh your bag, walk out to the pad. Boarding closes ten minutes before lift.
- ALTITUDE
- 0 ft
- SPEED
- 0 km/h
Lift
The rotors lift you straight up, clear of the rooftops, then tilt forward to fly on the wing.
- ALTITUDE
- 0 to 500 ft
- SPEED
- Vertical
Cruise
Wing-borne over the river. From the street below, it is quieter than a conversation next to you.
- ALTITUDE
- About 1,500 ft
- SPEED
- Up to 320 km/h
Land
The rotors tilt back, the aircraft settles on the pad, and you are at street level a few minutes later.
- ALTITUDE
- 500 ft to pad
- SPEED
- Vertical
Six pads. Every airport covered.
The first network links JFK, LaGuardia and Newark to three Manhattan heliports that already handle vertical traffic.
Concept network on existing New York airports and heliports
E34 / Heliport
East 34th Street
- AREA
- Midtown East
- PADS
- 3
Direct routes
Quiet overhead. Redundant underneath.
The aircraft class we plan around has been measured by NASA and flown into Manhattan. These are its published numbers.
6motorsIndependent electric motors. The aircraft is designed to fly on with one out.
321km/hTop speed on the wing, well above any city hop.
241kmMaximum range per charge. Our longest route uses under a quarter of it.
4+1seatsFour passengers and a commercial pilot on every flight.
Figures from published Joby S4 specifications and NASA acoustic testing. Skyport is an independent concept, not affiliated with any aircraft maker or operator.
Your first flight starts on a roof.
Early members fly first in their city and lock the launch fare for their first ten trips.
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