Voltaire's Airport Packs

[milehimatt 0]

I hope I'm posting this in the correct area. 

I've finally decided to build a real-world airport for my cities. I've download all of Voltaire's airport packs and I have to say that they are spectacular. I majored in Communications so Aviation is not my forte. I want to build my airports EXACTLY how they should be. I've even pasted together satelite images of the LAX, San Francisco, Boston, and Orlando airport runways. (the FBI has probably hacked into my computer by now) I think I have the runways put down correctly but as for the rest, I have no idea. Is there a manual out there somewhere? I don't want Aunt Bessie to hop on plane to go see little Susie and die in a firery plane crash.

[Pheonix Rising 2]

there are actually tons of photos and information out there is u search hard enough. Even some of the major airports have information you can grab. I grabbed some detailed info on the Atalanta airport last year that has terminal setups and some runway images. Forget what else it had though...

[Voltaire 52]

Thanks!  Nice to see you're starting from RL sources, it makes things a whole lot easier later on. Are you stuck on taxiways, or transitions to the terminals/aprons?

[milehimatt 0]

I think I've got the runways and taxiways down. I'm having trouble with the transitions from the taxiways to the aprons. Heck, I don't even know what an apron is aside from the ugly thing my grandmother wears when she's cooking. It looks to me like Aprons and essentially taxiways but without the lights and it looks like they have some sort of stone on the outsides. So the planes leave the gates and get to the taxiways via the Apron. I get the feeling I've rambled. Your help is much appreciated. Ever since I started playing Sim City 2000 many moons ago I've longed for a realistic airport. I've had your lots downloaded for quite some time and I've just recently gotten up enough nerve to get to work on my airport. Thanks to your lots I feel like my dream is within reach. I anxiously await your next project.

[pilotdaryl 25]

All I can say is...

YAY!

[Voltaire 52]

    Aprons are essentially parking lots for planes. The travel lanes are marked with yellow centerlines. Large aircraft parking spaces also have centerlines, plus a white bar showing pilots where to stop the nose gear. Light aircraft spaces have "T" markings. Taxiways intended to run alongside Aprons have asphalt on the edges (rather than green shoulders) so that they'll blend in nicely.

    There is a whole different pavement style for Terminal Gates (which I chose to call Ramps). It's lighter and more neutral in color (more concrete-ish), so that Ramps are visually set apart from simple parking areas (the Aprons). Taxiways that run alongside Ramps have this particular concrete on the edges. Planes leave the gate and back out across the Ramp to reach a taxiway. Neither aprons or ramps have lights because in RL, nearby buildings' floodlights provide enough illumination for pilots to see the markings.

[milehimatt 0]

Thank you so much. That helps a ton. I should call off work today to build my airport.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Have you tried Google Earth? should get a nice birds eye view of any airport in the world.

[JFman00 1]

I've seen more than enough with satellite shots using google maps.