When to build a major airport?

[exgamer07 0]

At what point should one build a major international airport? Is there a certain population you should aim for before building it, or is anytime good for building an international airport.

[MPD01605 1]

Start small. As capacity increases, upgrade through the three types of the smaller airports, then then the largest regional airport is maxed out, you could probably safely build an international airport. As long as you can sustain it financially.

[Lindsay Hands 0]

But How Do You Get Large Airports Quicker.Build Lots Of Suburbs And Wait Till Its Done?I Will Wait For That.Give Me The Things To Getting Large Airports Quicker

[hawkpride147 1]

commercial...lots and lots of commercial. i had a city once with a pop of only 30,000 but i needed an international airport to handle my high volume of airtraffic that my commercial population was generating. (and the city was the only city in the region)

[Voulpiotis 4]

No, no. Download any airport packs from the STEX and built a minor one, but with lots of free flat land. As COMMERCIAL population increases, expand a bit your airport (just eyecandy) and increase the capacity with some special lots.

[labine50 0]

I've been fine for the past 4 years with Maxis Airports.

Build a small landing strip, and when your transportation adviser starts yelling at you, upgrade it.

It's just that easy.

[Mayor Brian A. Mullen 0]

So let's say that you have a small landing strip...okay? then so it becomes a large landing strip as capacity increases... what effect positive or negative, if any, does having two or even three large landing strips rather than upgrading to a small municipal airport?

[MPD01605 1]

I don't think the capacity actually increases with the number of airports. I have a landing strip and an international airport in one city, and when I query the landing strip, the current capacity number is the same as the international airport. Just what I've noticed though.

[RushHourFreak 1]

I agree woth Voulpiotis. Download an airport pack, but be sure you build the airport on the city tile you are wanting to be served. If not, the airport won't work, and your city will be asking for airport facilities once you have the other one.

Think of developing all sectors of commercial.

0,2 cents

RHF

[patriots_1228 51]

okay airports cause me alot of trouble two. this is a bit off topic but does anyone know of a tutorial for the custom airport packs?

[exgamer07 0]

Now does it increase the job and commercial demand when you build an international airport ahead of time?

[RHMgerards 7]

i never build an airport. it is just a huge waste of space, i use a very usefull little lot wich looks like a big bus station, but still acts like an major airport. there's no pollution and all that, and i can built the real big one, just for eyecandy, where i got enough place. outside the city. but for that airport lot, i always build it as soon as the people are starting to nag about it, that the commerce needs an airport

[DFire870 2]

Originally posted by: patriots_1228 okay airports cause me alot of trouble two. this is a bit off topic but does anyone know of a tutorial for the custom airport packs?quote>

I know Voltaire's RMIP packs have readme files that show how the runways should be laid out. The best thing to do is to go on Google Earth and look at images of airports around the world

On I believe the "Show us your airports!" topic, someone posted this link of airport taxi diagrams. It shows diagrams of a lot of airports in the US, as in the runway and taxiway configuration, as well as the terminals. it's extremely useful.

[Jaime_ua 34]

Maybe this is the place to ask this: Voltaire's RMIP airport cost hugh amounts of money........I mean, I have a nice hugh city and i would like to hace a nice airport in that city.......but it can't afford it.....is there a wall to change the price of the pieces the RMIP????