The Eclipse 500™ is the catalyst for a new generation of on-demand air taxi services that can take advantage of thousands of reliever airports and under-utilized commercial airports available. Did you know that 98% of the population of the United States lives within 20 miles of the 3,364 airports that are part of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems? In total there are more than 10,000 airports (including public and private airfields) that the Eclipse 500 is capable of using. Yet, there are only 546 airports in the U.S. with regular commercial airline service, and 31 large hubs that service nearly 70% of all airline travel.

Air taxi services, using the Eclipse 500, will provide point-to-point air travel to passengers, bypassing the congested hub system. With air taxi services, single-day travel will be possible for business travelers, increasing productivity and getting them home in time to tuck in the kids.