# Archer Midnight at Palo Alto: deployment

Canonical ID: `bd2e8fb1-1e86-4095-aab9-2a66eea8c945`

Archer Midnight eVTOL test flights at Salinas Municipal Airport and company flight test facility in California. FAA Part 135 and TC in progress. No commercial service yet.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** archer-test-flights-california
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Archer Midnight](/models/archer-midnight.md) (id: `bccc0868-ceb8-402d-996a-4d3952d881e2`)
- **Company:** [Archer Aviation](/companies/archer-aviation.md) (id: `836c57b7-874b-452c-a576-292c6739baa5`)
- **Location:** [Palo Alto](/locations/palo-alto-ca.md) (id: `3093781b-70ae-40cb-a59f-2accae3f90a2`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.archer.com/

## Common questions

### What is the Archer Midnight deployment at Palo Alto?

Archer Midnight, built by Archer Aviation, is recorded as a deployment at Palo Alto on the DEPLOY registry. Archer Aviation operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Archer Midnight at Palo Alto?

Archer Aviation, the manufacturer of Archer Midnight, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Archer Midnight deployment at Palo Alto?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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