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LatestResearch2 September 2026

AirIndex Tracks 148 Changes in the U.S. Heliport Record Across Three FAA Data Cycles

Since June, 55 heliports entered the federal file, 41 left the operational population, and 52 existing records were materially revised.

Six hospital-heliport coordinate discrepancies corrected in the AirIndex record remain unchanged in the federal registry.

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11 June 2026ProductAirIndex Launches The Landing Record: an Interactive Census of Every U.S. Landing Site
8 June 2026PartnershipAirIndex and Aeroberm™ Partner to Address the Hidden Infrastructure Crisis Facing Advanced Air Mobility
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AirIndex is the independent evidence infrastructure for Advanced Air Mobility. The platform reconciles 5,600+ U.S. landing-facility records, links nearby filings, rules, and observed operations, and scores 25 markets under a published, versioned methodology. AirIndex is operated by Vertical Data Group, LLC.

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Founder and CEO of Vertical Data Group, the company that operates AirIndex.

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