The XP would have operated from existing spaceports in a manner consistent with established commercial aviation practices.

[3] As envisioned, the Rocketplane XP would carry a pilot and five passengers on a flight profile from a runway using jet engines like a conventional aircraft.

At this point, a reusable rocket engine would power the XP on a suborbital trajectory reaching altitudes of over 100 km (62 mi) after burnout.

The XP was to then reenter Earth's atmosphere and land at the same spaceport under conventional jet power.

The XP was expected to operate from the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark near Burns Flat, Oklahoma.