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Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (24): 28521-028521-.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2023.28521

• Reviews •    

A review of urban air mobility and its new infrastructure low⁃altitude public routes

Xiaohan LIAO1,2,3,4, Wenqiu QU1,2,3(), Chenchen XU1,3,4, Hongbo HE1,2,3, Junwei WANG1,2,3, Weibo SHI5   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
    2.College of Resources and Environment,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
    3.Key Laboratory of Low Altitude Geographic Information and Air Route,Civil Aviation Administration of China,Beijing 100101,China
    4.The Research Center for UAV Applications and Regulation,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
    5.Laboratory of Regional Ecological Processes and Environmental Evolution,School of Geography and Information Engineering,China University of Geosciences (Wuhan),Wuhan 430074,China
  • Received:2023-02-02 Revised:2023-02-20 Accepted:2023-04-06 Online:2023-04-10 Published:2023-04-07
  • Contact: Wenqiu QU E-mail:quwenqiu6924@igsnrr.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(41971359);National Key Research and Development Program(2022YFC3800701)

Abstract:

Technological breakthroughs have once again spawned a lot of attention to the commercialization of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in urban low-altitude airspace. The urban low-altitude airspace environment is complex, the density of urban air traffic flow in commercial scenarios is high, and the specifications of vehicles are not uniform. As a new infrastructure for UAM, low-altitude public routes are an important means for UAM to carry out refined management. However, the planning methods of low-altitude public routes, the required infrastructure, and the urban air traffic operation and control mode are still unclear. In response to the above issues, this article sorts out the basic concepts and development history of UAM and low-altitude public air routes, as well as UAM management based on low-altitude public air routes; In addition, an UAM operation management framework is proposed. Suggestions and countermeasures are provided on the possible responsibilities of relevant administrative departments in the development UAM; Finally, the construction method of low-altitude public routes network, the difficulties in the development process of UAM and implementation suggestions are summarized, in order to shed light on the healthy and orderly development of the UAM.

Key words: urban air mobility, low-altitude airspace, public route, eVTOL aircraft, control and operation

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