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Archer says Midnight completed piloted Bay Area flights on its No Roads tour
Archer says Midnight completed several days of piloted Bay Area flights on its No Roads tour, including trips over San Francisco Bay that took off and landed at Oakland International Airport. Archer says the top speed was 131 mph and that the aircraft flew over 200 miles. The release does not mention passengers or claim a type certificate.
Archer says its Midnight aircraft completed several days of piloted flights in the Bay Area as part of the company's "No Roads" tour, including multiple trips around San Francisco Bay that took off and landed at Oakland International Airport. The company announced the flights on October 19, 2026. Archer's release, as carried on Yahoo Finance, says Midnight "recently completed a week filled with piloted flights across Northern California." It does not give the calendar days of those flights.
What Archer says the tour covered
Archer says the Bay Area flights capped a month-long Northern California leg. That leg began in Salinas, with stops at Hollister, San Martin, San Jose, Mountain View and Hayward before Oakland. Archer says the purpose was to show Midnight operating in the airspace around the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports.
Archer says the flight from Oakland International Airport to San Francisco's Marina District took about 10 minutes, a drive that can take over an hour in traffic. Archer says that on the multi-city journey Midnight reached a top speed of 131 mph and flew over 200 miles, into seven cities over a three-day period. Those speed and distance figures are Archer's. Aviation International News reported the same announcement and restated the distance and speed as over 174 nautical miles and 114 knots. AIN does not say it measured the flights itself.
"The Bay Area is the innovation center of the world, but even here Americans lose multiple weeks a year sitting in traffic on bridges and highways," Adam Goldstein, Archer's founder and CEO, said in the release. "Flying Midnight across multiple cities in Northern California shows we can connect communities with no roads, no traffic, and no emissions in minutes instead of hours. That's the future we're working towards bringing to the Bay Area, Los Angeles and cities across the country."
Archer says it plans to fly Midnight in Los Angeles next, as it prepares to operate under the White House eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The Los Angeles flights and any eIPP operation are plans. AIN reported that Archer said the prototype is being moved to Los Angeles after the Bay Area week. In the same release, Archer says that on September 22 Midnight made piloted flights at the 2026 California International Airshow, and that the tour began with round trips from Salinas to Monterey and Hollister. Those are earlier tour stops Archer describes in this announcement.
The release's "Watch Video" link goes to a film on Archer's own YouTube channel, published October 19, 2026.
What is not established
The release does not say passengers were carried. It does not claim a type certificate. Exact dates for the Bay Area flights are not given. The 131 mph top speed and the "over 200 miles" distance are Archer's figures. AIN's nautical-mile and knot figures restate those numbers. They are not a separate measurement.
Sources
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"No Roads" Flight Tour | Uncut Electric Air Taxi Flight Across San Francisco Bay
Archer's October 19, 2026 release links this from the words Watch Video. The film is the Bay Area No Roads flight on Archer's channel. Video and poster: Archer · Watch on YouTubeFacts as reported by the linked sources as of Nov 11, 2026. Company targets are plans, not guarantees. Corrections: see About.