Payload management for vertical take-off and landing aircraft utilizing ground transportation

A computing system for real-time payload distribution for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft payloads, the computing system comprising:

• one or more computing devices;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer readable media that store instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• accessing a first request from a computing device associated with the first request, the first request associated with data indicative of an origin and a destination and data indicative of payload information for a first payload item;
• accessing data indicating an availability of the VTOL aircraft and a remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft;
• computing, based on the remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft, first payload routing information for transporting the first payload item using the VTOL aircraft;
• assigning the VTOL aircraft to the first request;
• transmitting instructions for transporting the first payload item using the VTOL aircraft according the first payload routing information;
• updating the remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft based on the data indicative of payload information for the first payload item;
• accessing a second request from a computing device associated with the second request, the second request associated with data indicative of the origin and the destination and data indicative of payload information for a second payload item;
• computing, based on the updated remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft, second payload routing information for transporting the second payload item other than by the VTOL aircraft;
• transmitting data indicative of the second payload routing information to the computing device associated with the second request;
• responsive to data indicative of approval, by the computing device associated with the second request, of the second payload routing information:
• assigning the VTOL aircraft to the second request to cause the VTOL aircraft to fly from the origin to the destination without the second payload item;
• and
• transmitting instructions for transporting the second payload item using a vehicle other than the VTOL aircraft according the second payload routing information;
• or
• responsive to data indicative of rejection, by the computing device associated with the second request, of the second payload routing information:
• assigning a different VTOL aircraft to the second request;
• and
• transmitting instructions for transporting the second payload item using the different VTOL aircraft to cause the different VTOL aircraft to fly from the origin to the destination with the second payload item.

One or more non-transitory computer readable media that store instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• accessing a first request from a computing device associated with the first request, the first request associated with data indicative of an origin and a destination and data indicative of payload information for a first payload item;
• accessing data indicating an availability of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and a remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft;
• computing, based on the remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft, first payload routing information for transporting the first payload item using the VTOL aircraft;
• assigning the VTOL aircraft to the first request;
• transmitting instructions for transporting the first payload item using the VTOL aircraft according the first payload routing information;
• updating the remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft based on the data indicative of payload information for the first payload item;
• accessing a second request from a computing device associated with the second request, the second request associated with data indicative of the origin and the destination and data indicative of payload information for a second payload item;
• computing, based on the updated remaining payload capacity of the VTOL aircraft, second payload routing information for transporting the second payload item other than by the VTOL aircraft;
• transmitting data indicative of the second payload routing information to the computing device associated with the second request;
• responsive to data indicative of approval, by the computing device associated with the second request, of the second payload routing information:
• assigning the VTOL aircraft to the second request to cause the VTOL aircraft to fly from the origin to the destination without the second payload item;
• and
• transmitting instructions for transporting the second payload item using a vehicle other than the VTOL aircraft according the second payload routing information;
• or
• responsive to data indicative of rejection, by the computing device associated with the second request, of the second payload routing information:
• assigning a different VTOL aircraft to the second request;
• and
• transmitting instructions for transporting the second payload item using the different VTOL aircraft to cause the different VTOL aircraft to fly from the origin to the destination with the second payload item.