About airport functionality

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

 I been raeding that most custom airports are eye candy, but what's the best functional airport that can be built using the game to affect comm. etc. with jobs and can be queried for transportation? Is it just the default game airports, or can I go beyond them?

[Johan_91 179]

The airports might be eye candies, but usually they have a building which has the function of a maxis airport.

[hawkpride147 1]

actually the only building that has a function like the maxis airport is the airport shuttle lot that i believe (correct me if i'm wrong) comes in the SimWings AirPort (SWAP) Pack

[waway625 72]

i dunno if it was part of the pack, bhut i have the airport packs (modular) and it does include the maxis control tower (for the small international airport) which functions as the airport..unfortunately, its looks doesnt blend well with the other buildings so when i use it, i hide it in a nonconspicuous place near the airport and thn build the eyecandy control tower

[ngeeves 5]

Yeh i have the same thing.. I dont know if its possible to use the one airport for all the cities in a region (correct me if i'm wrong) but i just plop an airport terminal on the outskirts of a city so that it can blend in as something like a convention center. It always shuts those commercial people up !

[Henry Midfield 3]

It would be really good, if the International Airport can function for the whole region and not just one city. Also, I think that the International Airport should be an extension of the Municipal Airport, and be government-owned. (Thus, if the Municipal Airport becomes overcrowded, it automatically becomes an International Airport. However, the maintainance costs would be less, or at most stay the same, because it is owned by the national government.

[hawkpride147 1]

well international airports are usually owned by the city they are in...just as municipal airports are. there are a few exceptions to this (ie DFW Airport). DFW is owned by dallas, fort worth, euless, grapevine, coppell, and irving. those cities form a governing body over the airport which is actually listed as its own city and has its own zipcode. each city claiming ownership pays for the operation of the airport and receives revenue.

[Mr_Maison 2,426]

Getting a little off topic here. the question is.....aside from the default Maxis airports, is there any custom based airports that's fully functional like the default ones that effect commerce and have jobs and transportation that works with the city. I love the way some of the custom airports look and am spoiled just from the site of them. I have a hard time looking at my default airports after seeing some of the pics in these forums and I want to build one. But I'm the type who likes quality over cosmetic vanity. If it just sits there as an "image" of something, then I'm not interested. The thing that drives me with this game is seeing things happen and come to life. Or at least affect somthing for gameplay value. I don't need a whole airport layout in one package, i just need to know at least which custom lots are functional that have to do with airports.

[ngeeves 5]

The only functional pieces for an airport pack are the terminals as far as i'm aware. In the end that's all they are though, images. You could make a piece that's one hundredth the size of the maxis international airport and have the same effects on your city. Don't think that the maxis airports have that much more effect on your city than custom ones.