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Efficient transport is essential for the economic viability of the AeroMe-
dina. Goods and services that are produced need to easily loaded on Aer-
oplanes and transported to the destinations. A key factor which need to
be resolved in the design of the AeroMedina, was how commuters from

the residential petals and the CBD can pass over the airport runway
without conflicting with horizontal aircraft transport, and more im-
portantly, not breaking traditional rules of air transport safety require-

ments.

The solution found has been to raise both the airport, and the runway
above ground to a height of 10 metres. PALV can either travel as a mo-
tor vehicle along a central spine directly from the CBD to the rear of the

Airport directly to the northern petals. Alternatively, a PALV commuter
can fly under the runway on either the far North-Western end, or the
South-Eastern end. The ground has been lowered to a height of five me-
tres, making the total airspace to travel under the runway fifteen me-

tres. It is expected that the clearance will be easily sufficient for the
PALV’s to fly through this space. Otherwise the PALV can travel along
the circular road to the North.