Electric Aircraft Presenting Opportunities, Challenges For Regional Airports

Pipistrel Velis Electro

Plans to fly a Pipistrel Velis Electro from Norwich to Oxford were abandoned because of a lack of sufficient opportunities for enroute recharging. 

Credit: Textron eAviation / Pipistrel
OXFORD, England—”If anybody’s got a small aerodrome that’s pretty close to a major city, that’s a pretty valuable asset now,” says James Dillon-Godfray, business development manager at London Oxford Airport. During the airport’s first Disruptors’ Day here Sept. 19, Dillon-Godfray explained the...

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