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Archer builds Midnight, an eVTOL aircraft engineered from the ground up for urban air mobility. First eVTOL on a UAE Restricted Type Certificate track; launching in Abu Dhabi with Abu Dhabi Aviation, expanding to Miami and Chicago.
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·Aviation Week
First eVTOL onto a UAE Restricted Type Certificate track
The UAE GCAA moved Archer's Midnight onto a Restricted Type Certificate (RTC) program — a streamlined path to early commercial operations in the UAE ahead of full FAA certification.
Read at Aviation Week →·Archer Aviation
Midnight ‘Launch Edition’ with Abu Dhabi Aviation
Archer unveiled a commercialization program with Abu Dhabi Aviation as its first customer, planning to deploy Midnight in Abu Dhabi — progressing across eight workstreams from maintenance to vertiports.
Read at Archer Aviation →Fleet
Midnight
Passenger seats4
Range97 km (60 mi)
Max speed241 km/h (150 mph)
Routes
Boca Raton→West Palm Beach· 8 min
Boca Raton Airport Vertiport → Palm Beach International Airport
Boca Raton→Fort Lauderdale· 10 min
Boca Raton Airport Vertiport → Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport
Chicago→Chicago· 18 min
O'Hare International Airport → Vertiport Chicago — Riverfront
Fort Lauderdale→Miami· 12 min
Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport → Miami Opa-locka Executive Airport
Miami→West Palm Beach· 22 min
Miami Opa-locka Executive Airport → Palm Beach International Airport