Archer’s Midnight eVTOL to Conduct Demo Flights at the 2025 California International Air Show this Weekend
Midnight will fly this weekend, from Oct. 4-5, at the air show in Salinas, California.
(Salinas, California) Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) announced today (Oct. 1) that it plans to conduct public flights of its Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft this weekend, from October 4 – 5, at the 2025 California International Air Show in Salinas, California.
Image of Archer Aviation’s Midnight electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle in flight courtesy of Archer Aviation.
Archer’s test flight facility is located in the Salinas Municipal Airport, and the company has been flying its eVTOL aircraft at the airport since 2021, according to today’s press release from Archer.
Archer plans to have nearly 1,000 team members in attendance from its engineering, operations and flight test teams to celebrate the hometown demo flights, and the air show is anticipated to draw more than 65,000 attendees, per Archer (this year’s event marks the first time the United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, have performed at the California International Air Show since 2019).
