“In this subtitle:“(1) Advanced air mobility.—The terms ‘advanced air mobility’ and ‘AAM’ mean a transportation system that is comprised of urban air mobility and regional air mobility using manned or unmanned aircraft.
“(2) Powered-lift aircraft.—The term ‘powered-lift aircraft’ has the meaning given the term ‘powered-lift’ in section 1.1 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
“(3) Regional air mobility.—The term ‘regional air mobility’ means the movement of passengers or property by air between 2 points using an airworthy aircraft that—“(A) has advanced technologies, such as distributed propulsion, vertical takeoff and landing, powered lift, nontraditional power systems, or autonomous technologies;
“(B) has a maximum takeoff weight of greater than 1,320 pounds; and
“(C) is not urban air mobility.
“(4) Urban air mobility.—The term ‘urban air mobility’ means the movement of passengers or property by air between 2 points in different cities or 2 points within the same city using an airworthy aircraft that—“(A) has advanced technologies, such as distributed propulsion, vertical takeoff and landing, powered lift, nontraditional power systems, or autonomous technologies; and
“(B) has a maximum takeoff weight of greater than 1,320 pounds.
“(5) Vertiport.—The term ‘vertiport’ means an area of land, water, or a structure used or intended to be used to support the landing, takeoff, taxiing, parking, and storage of powered-lift aircraft or other aircraft that vertiport design and performance standards established by the Administrator [of the Federal Aviation Administration] can accommodate.
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