Archer Completes Historic Electric Air Taxi Flights Over San Francisco Bay
Business Wire•19/10/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Midnight completed multiple piloted flights around San Francisco Bay from Oakland International Airport
- ➤Midnight flew over 200 miles across seven Northern California cities in three days
- ➤Midnight reached top speeds of 131 mph during its Northern California tour
- ➤Oakland-to-San Francisco Marina flight took approximately 10 minutes versus over an hour by car
- ➤Archer plans Los Angeles flights while preparing for the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program
Expert Statements
Adam Goldstein, Founder and CEO of Archer
“The Bay Area is the innovation center of the world, but even here Americans lose multiple weeks a year sitting in traffic on bridges and highways”
Adam Goldstein, Founder and CEO of Archer
“Flying Midnight across multiple cities in Northern California shows we can connect communities with no roads, no traffic, and no emissions in minutes instead of hours. That's the future we're working towards bringing to the Bay Area, Los Angeles and cities across the country.”
Archer Completes Historic Electric Air Taxi Flights Over San Francisco Bay
Northern California leg of Archer’s No Roads Tour wraps up as Midnight heads south to Los Angeles
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