Entitlement path
Preliminary review of CEQA pathway, local planning posture, and zoning compatibility for the specific site context.
California AAM site analysis
Parcel-level screening for real estate owners evaluating vertiport potential.
Heaps Advisory helps California property owners identify whether a specific parcel is worth deeper diligence for advanced air mobility infrastructure — before they spend on legal, engineering, or full market-study work.
1 week
initial screening timeline
$2,500+
starting project fee
CA
CEQA, zoning, airspace, economics
The gap
Most owners do not need a market study. They need an answer on a parcel.
Advanced air mobility creates a new question for large-format California real estate: could this parcel support a future vertiport use, and what would make the site viable or difficult?
Heaps Advisory focuses on early, practical analysis before owners commit to legal, engineering, or full diligence spend.
What gets evaluated
Early diligence across the issues that can stop a site.
Airspace constraints
Initial obstruction and surrounding-use review to identify practical aviation constraints before deeper engineering work.
Financial feasibility
Basic economics, comparable signals where available, and risk factors that affect whether further diligence is justified.
Launch offer
California AAM Site Screening Report
A focused 5-7 page report for owners with a specific California parcel, delivered in about one week. Starts at $2,500.
Methodology
CEQA strategy starts before the project description hardens.
Start with the plain-English definition of CEQA compliance for California vertiport development, then use the methodology note to see how early parcel screening separates exemption, streamlining, tiering, and full-review questions.
The screening method starts with source documents: zoning code, general plan context, surrounding land use, FAA vertiport guidance, parcel facts, and practical economics.
Read: What Is CEQA Compliance?Read the CEQA methodology note
Founder
Built by a Sacramento-area accounting and real estate analyst.
Heaps Advisory is led by John Heaps, who studies the intersection of California real estate, tax, CEQA, zoning, and advanced air mobility infrastructure.
John is expected to complete a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University-Idaho on July 23, 2026.
Read about the founderContact
Have a parcel in mind?
Use the form to share the basic context. Heaps Advisory will review whether a discovery conversation is a fit.
Simple starting point: send a parcel address, APN, or city and the decision you are trying to make. If it looks like a fit, the next step is a focused screening call.