Archer Completes Historic Electric Air Taxi Flights Over San Francisco Bay

Midnight flew into seven cities over a three day period during its Northern California journey.

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Northern California leg of Archer’s No Roads Tour wraps up as Midnight heads south to Los Angeles

• Archer's all-electric Midnight air taxi recently completed a week filled with piloted flights across Northern California, including multiple flights around the San Francisco Bay that took off and landed at Oakland International Airport. (Watch Video)
• The Bay Area flights capped Archer’s month-long Northern California leg of its ‘No Roads’ flight tour showcasing its Midnight air taxi making stops in Hollister, San Martin, San Jose, Mountain View and Hayward before arriving in Oakland.
• The purpose of the Northern California leg of Archer’s ‘No Roads’ tour was to showcase Midnight’s ability to operate seamlessly in complex urban airspace surrounding the Bay Area's three international airports — San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.
• These flights set the stage for Midnight to continue demonstrating its readiness to integrate with commercial air traffic across the world’s largest cities – including Los Angeles, where Archer plans to fly Midnight next as part of its preparation to operate under the White House's eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) today announced that its all-electric Midnight air taxi completed several days of piloted flights in the Bay Area as part of the company’s ‘No Roads’ flight tour. The flights included multiple trips around the San Francisco Bay, taking off and landing at Oakland International Airport.

Archer’s Midnight air taxi flying over the San Francisco Bay

Beginning in Salinas, Midnight's multi-city journey to the Bay Area took it to progressively larger cities with more complex airspace — with stops at Hollister, San Martin, San Jose, Mountain View and Hayward before landing in Oakland to complete multiple piloted flights over the San Francisco Bay.

The purpose of the Northern California flights of Archer’s ‘No Roads’ tour was to showcase Midnight’s ability to operate seamlessly in the complex urban airspace surrounding the Bay Area's three international airports — San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose — representing one of the busiest flight corridors in the country.

In addition to demonstrating airspace integration, the flights also gave communities across the Bay Area a chance to see the benefits of electric air taxis firsthand: low noise, zero operating emissions, and the ability to skip over crowded highways — turning drives of an hour or more into 10–20 minute trips.

Midnight completed its flight from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco’s Marina District in ~10 minutes, a trip that can routinely take over an hour by car in traffic. During the multi-city journey, Midnight reached top speeds of 131 mph and flew over 200 miles across the region, flying into seven cities over a three day period.

“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," said 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.”

Building on the close coordination with the FAA and state and local partners that made the Northern California flights possible, these flights have opened the door for Midnight to continue demonstrating its readiness to integrate with commercial air traffic in the world’s largest cities — with plans to fly in Los Angeles next as Archer prepares to operate under the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP).

The Bay Area flights are the latest in a series of "No Roads" tour milestones for Midnight. On Sept. 22, Midnight conducted several piloted flights for tens of thousands of attendees at the 2026 California International Airshow. Before flying for the hometown crowd, Midnight began the tour with multiple city-to-city roundtrip journeys from Salinas to Monterey and Hollister.

Archer’s goal with its Midnight aircraft is to transform urban travel, replacing 60–90 minute commutes with quiet, all-electric flights that dramatically reduce travel times compared to traditional ground transportation. Archer’s all-electric Midnight air taxi is designed around the urban air mobility use case with the ability to conduct rapid back-to-back flights with zero operating emissions.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding Archer's future business plans, expectations, and opportunities. These statements include those regarding design, target specifications and use cases of its aircraft; timing of Archer's development and commercialization of its aircraft; plans relating to its flight test program, demonstration flights, including the timing and locations of its ‘No Roads’ Tour; infrastructure buildout and operations under the eIPP; plans relating to the LA28 Games; development of its planned lines of business and opportunities; and anticipated benefits of collaborations with third parties. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of factors. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted are more fully detailed in Archer's filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, available at investors.archer.com and at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that Archer believes to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. Archer undertakes no obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events.

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eVTOL stands for "electric vertical takeoff and landing" aircraft, which are small, electric-powered vehicles capable of taking off and landing vertically like a helicopter. They are designed to provide quick, on-demand transportation within cities or between locations, potentially transforming urban mobility. For investors, eVTOLs represent a growing segment of innovative transportation technology with potential for significant market impact and future growth.