Vertiport assessment and mobility operations systems

An apparatus for identifying one or more geographical locations suitable for a vertiport, which when executed by one or more processors, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums storing one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed, cause:
• storing, in one or more digital data repositories, a plurality of data sets that describe a vertiport suitability of at least one suitability factor of a plurality of suitability factors for a geographical area, including noise, zoning, power grid infrastructure, ground congestion, mass transit stations, hospitals, and fire stations;
• processing the plurality of data sets to identify a set of candidate locations for a vertiport in the geographical area by:
• (a) programmatically dividing the geographical area into a plurality of subregions,
• (b) identifying one or more suitability factors in consideration for identifying the set of candidate locations,
• (c) determining a composite value from a set of weighted values for each subregion of the plurality of subregions, wherein each weighted value in the set corresponds to a suitability value as scaled by a scale value for each of the suitability factors in consideration, wherein the suitability value is a reward value or a penalty value in the data sets, and
• (d) identifying the particular subregion as one of a set of candidate locations if the composite value for the particular subregion exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• outputting the set of candidate locations to be displayed on a user interface showing the geographical area.

A method for identifying one or more geographical locations suitable for a vertiport, comprising:

• storing, in one or more digital data repositories, a plurality of data sets that describe a vertiport suitability of at least one suitability factor of a plurality of suitability factors for a geographical area, including noise, zoning, power grid infrastructure, ground congestion, mass transit stations, hospitals, and fire stations;
• processing the plurality of data sets to identify a set of candidate locations for a vertiport in the geographical area by:
• (a) programmatically dividing the geographical area into a plurality of subregions,
• (b) identifying one or more suitability factors in consideration for identifying the set of candidate locations,
• (c) determining a composite value from a set of weighted values for each subregion of the plurality of subregions, wherein each weighted value in the set corresponds to a suitability value as scaled by a scale value for each of the suitability factors in consideration, wherein the suitability value is a reward value or a penalty value in the data sets, and
• (d) identifying the particular subregion as one of a set of candidate locations if the composite value for the particular subregion exceeds a threshold value;
• and
• outputting the set of candidate locations to be displayed on a user interface showing the geographical area.