My airport wont expand...

[Stewie2552 0]

Well, i have the "no news ticker" mod on, and it says it will still give me the message to expand, but i dont get the,.  All my airports are maxed out, and is there like a cheat or command to expand it?

[Ntq€310 1]

they may be maxed ouyt, have they expanded before, like twice before? OR did you build new ones when a old one was already expanded?

[Stewie2552 0]

they havent yet b4, and yes, hillary in 08. im organizing a write in. so write her name in for the election. lol

[nihonkaranws 88]

That's his signature, you're not supposed to reply to that...

As for your airport, DON'T USE IT! Get the RMIP, there's no point in using such an unrealistic eyesore as the Maxis airports, let alone if you have a CJ.

[Slash -the Texan- 0]

! ! NEWBIE ALERT ! !

1) How do the airports "expand"?

2) What is RMIP, please.

[thefunktopus 1]

when an airport is nearly at full capacity the transport adviser asks if you wanna upgrade -increasing the capacity

that's why the airports are listed as "small" in the menu

rmip is a modular airport download thing, you can use it to make realistic airports

[Slash -the Texan- 0]

This newbie thanks you very much! 

[urmomology72 0]

Don't you also need to have a certian amount of commercial for it to expand, or is that untrue? 

[jim 546 43]

Yes, the airport is used to raise growth limits on commercial buildings. When that new limit is reached, you will be offered an airport expansion, which raises the limit further.

[bigthing 35]

Just to clarify... these "Limits" are called "caps". You will probably see the term caps more than limits.

They are incredibly simple, they are a limit of how much growth you can have of a certain zone (linked very closely with demand). Different things will raise (or lower) different caps. A small playground will raise a residential cap. Whereas a plaza will raise commercial caps.

Caps are really quite simple once you have gotten your head round the concept... (BP took a long time to get their heads round how a cap works :-P)