Volatus To Build Vertiport Near Penn State University
PA – Volatus Infrastructure, LLC (Limited Liability Company) has signed an agreement with Bellefonte Airport in Centre County, Pennsylvania, to build a public-use FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) compliant electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport with up to eight landing pads including a charging station at each pad. The vertiport is expected to be operational later this year.
Volatus’s modularly designed vertiport allows quick on-site construction and scalable growth to expand with the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry. Bellefonte Airport will start with the vertiport and a single landing pad with a charging station, which can scale up to eight landing pads with charging stations as the need for additional space grows. “A project that started out as a way to get fans to Penn State games without sitting in traffic on US 80 and State Route 322 has turned into what will become the center of an eVTOL ecosystem for the East Coast,” said Grant Fisk, Volatus Infrastructure Co-Founder. “We realized that Bellefonte airport is within 90 miles of all the major cities, so it just makes sense to expand this location which will lay the foundation for the eVTOL infrastructure ecosystem for the East Coast.”
“The Bellefonte Airport was used as one of the first airmail stops at the inception of the Airmail ecosystem,” said John Elnitski, Bellefonte Airport Manager. “It is fitting that Bellefonte Airport will again meet this role for eVTOL use.”
The Bellefonte Airport is a public-use airport in the state’s center in Centre County. It is owned and operated by Marina Elnitski, who has been involved with aviation since the late 70s. Founded in 2021, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC is connecting communities to the future with best-in-class eVTOL infrastructure technology to ensure society is ready for the future. Volatus offers three main eVTOL infrastructure designs, a vehicle agnostic charging station, plus an app and maintenance programs. Their work positively impacts clients and communities by tailoring to specific needs while incorporating the latest technologies. Join the future with Volatus Infrastructure.