The government is bolstering introduction of urban aerial mobility (UAM) services in Korea by having decided to erect a new vertiport in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, within this year for first field test. It is the first such infrastructure to be built in a public open space outside a research facility. Vertiport is where electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) planes are docked while passengers board and leave or receiving maintenance and repairs. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Thursday it will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Goyang Special City on Friday for usage of a land in Ilsanseo District for an UAM test facility that includes the vertiport, passenger terminal and hangar. The location is next to Korea International Exhibition Center that holds major global exhibitions throughout year. The three-floor vertiport based on the country's first standard design for the facility will be built over an 1,836 square meter site. Once completed, eVTOLs will be tested flying between the vertiport and two airfields in vicinity alongside Han River.