A method of deploying a landing pad, for a vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, relative to a surface of an environment in which the landing pad is disposed, includes stowing an adjustable body of the landing pad in a stowed state. The adjustable body includes a platform surface that in the stowed state defines a first planar surface area relative to the surface, the first planar surface area being inoperable to receive the vertical takeoff and landing vehicle thereon. The method includes deploying the adjustable body from the stowed state to a deployed state. In the deployed state the platform surface defines a second planar surface area greater than the first planar surface area, the second surface planar area of the platform surface is sized and shaped to receive the vertical takeoff and landing vehicle thereon in the deployed state.