Archer Midnight

Five-seat eVTOL aircraft with 12 tilt-six rotors. Targeting 60-mile range at 150 mph. FAA G-1 Issue Paper issued; Type Certificate application in progress. United Airlines launch customer.

Yes. Archer Midnight is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Archer Midnight is made by Archer Aviation, based in San Jose, CA, USA, founded in 2018.

9 verified deployments of Archer Midnight are on the DEPLOY registry, including at United Arab Emirates, Greater Los Angeles, California, USA, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Archer Midnight is at prototype stage and is not yet available for sale.

Archer Midnight has 2 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: FAA authorization, pending; FAA authorization, pending. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Archer Midnight include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.

Archer Midnight and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Archer Midnight has 9 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Archer Midnight ranks in roughly the top 7% of aerial models tracked by the registry.

Archer Midnight is at the prototype stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Prototype stage means demonstrations exist but commercial readiness is not yet established.

Archer Midnight has 3 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 3 incidents on record (1 moderate, 2 minor). Most recent: Jun 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.