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Fullerton signs exploratory MOU with Wisk Aero to study advanced air mobility opportunities
Summary
Council approved a memorandum of understanding with Wisk Aero (a Boeing subsidiary) to begin feasibility work on vertiport infrastructure and advanced air mobility planning; company representatives said any future project would require substantial public outreach and additional approvals.
The Fullerton City Council voted July 15 to enter a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Wisk Aero, a company now wholly owned by Boeing, to begin exploratory planning for vertiport infrastructure and advanced air mobility operations in the region.
Wisk/Boeing representatives told council the MOU funds no construction and is a planning-stage agreement that would let city staff and Wisk meet to develop conceptual plans, assess feasibility, and scope potential public engagement. The company said Southern California is a likely launch market for electric vertical takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) and advanced air mobility services and that early planning could identify opportunities or incompatibilities with existing airports such as LAX, Long Beach and John Wayne.
Wisk representatives emphasized the technology is being developed to be quiet and to integrate into dense urban regions, and noted a possible regional timeline tied to the 2028 Olympics, but said no site-specific decisions were pending. Council members and a public commenter asked for robust community engagement and for the city to treat the MOU as an initial step, not an approval for operations.
Next steps: staff will collaborate with Wisk on preliminary conceptual work and bring any significant proposals or required approvals back to council for public hearings and environmental review as required.
