Autonomous Aircraft Vertiport Coming to California’s Hollister Municipal

Wisk Aero says it broke ground on a dedicated site for testing air taxi technology.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 02:30 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

Wisk Aero shared a concept image for a potential vertiport site that could host test flights of its autonomous Generation 6 air taxi. [Credit: Wisk Aero]

Key Takeaways:

Wisk Aero has broken ground on one of the nation's first public airport vertiports at Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) in California, designed for autonomous and eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft.
This dedicated 100-feet-by-100-feet testbed will prove out advanced precision landing technologies for Wisk's Generation 6 autonomous aircraft, including operations in challenging visibility and GPS-denied environments.
The data and operational learnings gathered from this testing are expected to significantly contribute to Wisk's autonomy stack and help shape future FAA vertiport standards and regulations for autonomous aircraft.

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Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) in California could be among the first in the nation to receive a vertiport for autonomous and eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft.

Autonomous air taxi developer Wisk Aero, which Boeing earlier this month agreed to sell to eVTOL manufacturer Archer Aviation, said Wednesday that it broke ground on the vertiport at Hollister, where the company already conducts flight testing. Wisk said the new 100-feet-by-100-feet site will be a “dedicated testbed” for both piloted and unpiloted operations, becoming “one of the first public airport vertiports” designed for that purpose.