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I think it's interesting this flying taxi would never be deployable in the nation's capitol. Wellington is literally the windiest city in the world. On nights w

I think it's interesting this flying taxi would never be deployable in the nation's capitol. Wellington is literally the windiest city in the world. On nights when the windows rumble, residents tend to ask "Was that the wind, or an earthquake?" (they get quite a lot of both). I'm sure these would do fine in Auckland or Christchurch, but they'd be grounded most of the year in Wellington. For people who are interested, look up videos of pilots landing in Wellington on high wind days. My airlines require separate training programs for that airport.

aunty_helen 9y ago
Christchurch also gets very bad trade winds from the North West, the difference being the ample flat land they have allows for a runway to accomodate this. Spring/Summer seasons see a fair amount of use of the N/W runway at Christchurch international. Wellington is just a badly placed airport. Just as an FYI, going off the pictures from their website I'd place the test flights ~20km from Methven from the scenery in the background.