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[GMT 389]

Nice work on that airport! I would love to see some close ups...

 

why don't you just click on the picture? it's almost 4000x3000, pretty closeup if you'd ask me

 

anyways, that's a nice small airport you got there smf_16.

Runway has a sufficient length for the MRJTs shown at the gates, good use of RETs, the terminal is well designed for the area it's located at, enough parking, not too stuffed with ... stuff ^^ so far so good.

Also nice forests around the area.

 

I fail to find a control tower tho. An airport like that should be controlled!

The tower must be located so that it's personnel can supervise the entire airport area, especially the air-side (runways, taxiways, apron, gates, basically everything past the security checks)

Further, you should fortify your runway peninsula with seawalls as it doesn't look that stable around the edges... and definitely fix the corner on the upper left, it looks bad and feels bad, I see the corner dropping into the ocean due to the stress (jets taxing, water, wind, and weather...)

 

I wouldn't mind either if you'd expand the right side a tile or two, give some extra room if your pilot screws up and drifts off the runway

think of Asiana 214 at KSFO:

© ezra shaw / getty images, copied from nydailynews.com

 

The 777 came in WAY too low and struck the seawalls at 28L, ripped of it's landing gear and tail and then skidded uncontrollably about the landing area of 28L.

That small street where it came to rest is 100meters (≈6 tiles) off the runway measuring from centerline to centerline; edge to edge of the paved area its 50meters (≈3 tiles).

On your airport, runway 36, this 777 would have ended as a submersible and certainly more fatal than it already did.

 

If I were you, I'd give them at least 3 tiles between the runway edge and the security fence just to be a bit further on the safe side of crashlandings.

[smf_16 1,838]

Thanks for the advice. About the tower, while I posted the picture it struck me that I forgot to place one :-)

By the way, are you a pilot or something? You definitely know a lot about the technical airport details.

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Nice work on that airport! I would love to see some close ups...

 

why don't you just click on the picture? it's almost 4000x3000, pretty closeup if you'd ask me

LMAO! That's what I get for checking the thread on an ipad!

Great advice on the details.

[GMT 389]

Thanks for the advice. About the tower, while I posted the picture it struck me that I forgot to place one :-)

By the way, are you a pilot or something? You definitely know a lot about the technical airport details.

 

yes I am, privated rated and almost commercial rated aswell. passed the airline transport pilot licence theory exam and probably finish the practial phase in the next few weeks.

plus a bachelors degree in aviation technics and economy.

[smf_16 1,838]

 

Thanks for the advice. About the tower, while I posted the picture it struck me that I forgot to place one :-)

By the way, are you a pilot or something? You definitely know a lot about the technical airport details.

 

yes I am, privated rated and almost commercial rated aswell. passed the airline transport pilot licence theory exam and probably finish the practial phase in the next few weeks.

plus a bachelors degree in aviation technics and economy.

 

 

[Off-topic]

 

I thought about becoming a pilot as well, but decided to study civil engineering. However, being in my first masters year I'm thinking about getting a PPL so that after I graduate I could go for a modular ATPL, so I'll have my engineering degree as a backup plan. A bit like you did

[GMT 389]

nah mine was a bit different, my atpl (integrated course) is actually part of the bachelor degree, not a parallel thing. the results of the theory exam (both ppl and atpl) count towards the degree's result. and since we had to take the theoretical ppl test, I also opted for the practial test which was not part of the program, but an option.

good thing is you get all out of one hand, more or less, bad thing is it increases the workload dramatically, especially in my case when you have to work to actually finance it...

 

but on the bottom line, in todays economy, I can only advise everyone who considers to become a commercial pilot to think twice about it, get your informations sorted and refrain from pulling this off as your primary profession, unless you end up in an airline training program or at least a sponsored program, ideally with a linked and somewhat save job opportunity.

best thing is to get yourself settled with a "normal" job that pays the bills and drops of a bit extra for a modular system. that way you can start off with a ppl, see if the whole flying thing suits you, then go on with instrument to see if this type of flying suits you aswell as it is a whole different scheme of flying not comparable to your regular ppl vfr flying, and then continue on towards commercial ratings if you feel like you want to work in a cockpit.

you got to put an extra effort into the whole thing as you still work your "regular job" and it might take you a couple years to get through this, but in the end you're the lucky guy as it might take you another couple years of keeping your licenses valid until you land a job in a small cockpit at a small service and chances are, you gotta work 2 jobs to still pay the bills, at least for another few years until you climb high enough on the job ladder or convert to a larger carrier with better payroles.

and don't fall for funny business schemes. unfortunately, there's plenty of money to be made in aviation and most is payed by those wanting to become part of this world...

 

well, that enough off topic I guess

[UndercoverNinja12 176]

We have such intelligent people on ST....people that are pilots, know about trains, city and highway engineers....That's what SC4 is all about. Being a game that allows the smartest of us to let out our creativeness while being extremely realistic. Gosh I love this game so much! xD

[mexicano_brazil 0]

UncoverNinja12, you're really not alone. I like that kind of games too.

 

I did some. It's not the best things, huge ones, but...well, at least works, right?

 

[Josh6 873]

This a blast from the past but I finally finished my Cardinal Airlines Terminal thanks to Mike_oxlong!

 

 

[TekindusT 3,809]

[GMT 389]

TekindusT

That's a very nice airport. I like the layout of putting the regionals inside and surround them by looooooong terminals for loooooooong flights

Too bad there's no general aviation area for private / corporate flying. I bet those sunday flyers would love this island.

If I may, I want to suggest a suggestion: put at least 2 more tiles of space between the parallel runways because of the following scenario:

that quantas 380 up right departs and is cleared for runway 26R. it taxis down the road, crosses 26L and holds short at 26R because an ac just landed.

same time, another bird is cleared to approach 26L for landing.

Now guess what happens if a 72meters long aircraft holds short between your inner and outer runways, where the area between the hold short lines is just 32 meters in length

Even San Francisco has just enough room to spare between the runways so an a380 fits in between the hold short lines.

These lines define a safe zone for the runway so holding aircraft don't mess with landing aircraft. there's even different positions for the different approach categories so to make sure that the safety margin is good even in bad weather and guidance signals from the ils antennas won't be messed with when aircraft wait to get access to the runway concerned.

 

Josh6

Cardinal airlines... I see...

I like the "parallel" parking of the tubroprops. Nice, unique idea.

But why so few areas shown? I bet there's more to see

[TekindusT 3,809]

TekindusT

That's a very nice airport. I like the layout of putting the regionals inside and surround them by looooooong terminals for loooooooong flights

Too bad there's no general aviation area for private / corporate flying. I bet those sunday flyers would love this island.

If I may, I want to suggest a suggestion: put at least 2 more tiles of space between the parallel runways because of the following scenario:

that quantas 380 up right departs and is cleared for runway 26R. it taxis down the road, crosses 26L and holds short at 26R because an ac just landed.

same time, another bird is cleared to approach 26L for landing.

Now guess what happens if a 72meters long aircraft holds short between your inner and outer runways, where the area between the hold short lines is just 32 meters in length

Even San Francisco has just enough room to spare between the runways so an a380 fits in between the hold short lines.

These lines define a safe zone for the runway so holding aircraft don't mess with landing aircraft. there's even different positions for the different approach categories so to make sure that the safety margin is good even in bad weather and guidance signals from the ils antennas won't be messed with when aircraft wait to get access to the runway concerned.

Thanks, GMT, I have to confess I have learnt a lot by reading your posts and applying (when possible) your tips on my airports.

In this case, however, I'm aware of this really close distance between runways. The thing is that this airport is a kind of overhaul of a previous airport and one of the ideas was "adding runways and capacity" without reclaiming much more land to the sea. But yeah, I guess the IATA would not approve several facts from it,

Hopefully they can make some exceptions for a quite exceptional situation. Again, thanks for your input!

As for the general aviation area, my intention is to build a much smaller civil airport in the area with a shorter runway and this kind of stuff, but it still on the planning phase.

[GMT 389]

I'm not as much worried about IATA (intl air transport association) as I am worried about ICAO (intl civil aviation organization) as they are the legislative authority.

ICAO formulates the rules and the national authorities have to adopt them, but can adjust to national laws or even opt out if necessary.

IATA is more on the operative side of life and has no legal authority, only counselling (some may call it lobbying) functions to legal authorities.

 

Of course IATA is also concerned with flight safety to a certain extent like all aviation groups are so they would worry about your layout aswell, but... yeah... it wouldn't increase the size of the insland that much to change it... you know, 71% water surface and stuff...

what are some 15000m² more island area compared to 361billion m² water...  

[art128 4,622]

Four pictures from my airport...

 

 

 

 

[TekindusT 3,809]

Kansai-esque inspiration, huh? Is that terminal building BATted by you? I confess it doesn't appeal me much, but I think I had never seen it before. Also, I would say there are way too many taxiway/runway connections, but it's a nice job overall.

@GMT: OK, then I better be nice with the guys in black with ICAO cards when they visit BNN. Bribery, anyone?

[GMT 389]

quickly you learn young padawan

[Josh6 873]

I starting reworking one of my old airports.

 

If any of you remember, this was one I made in the Airport comp with Thepokemanic.

Heres a little bit of what I've done with all this winter break free time. Terminal 5 has been changed to just United International flights

 

This airport can be explained in detail in my CJ

 

 

 

 

[TekindusT 3,809]

Awesome lotting, Josh6!

[JWL 52]

Large image ahead.

 

[Josh6 873]

@The attendee: I really like the inner terminal design- especially the airport car rentals

[hellmunkey 30]

Couple of questions.  Im interested in making my own airport (realistic looking, but not to spec/code), but haven't looked into at all.

 

1. Are these functional? Do planes take off/land on them?

2. Do these replace the in game airport or are these more eye candy?

3. What mod/pack do you guys use, or do you piece together from a lot of different ones?

 

Thanks.

[Whte_rbt 1,431]

@hellmunkey: Dunno about first two, as to the third go to SC4Devotion, login to LEX, search using power search option and under LEX Category select Transport - Air. That should give you enough to get started but for the love of god make sure you read the readme files, it gets kinda complicated laying out the runway properly.

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Couple of questions.  Im interested in making my own airport (realistic looking, but not to spec/code), but haven't looked into at all.

 

1. Are these functional? Do planes take off/land on them?

2. Do these replace the in game airport or are these more eye candy?

3. What mod/pack do you guys use, or do you piece together from a lot of different ones?

 

Thanks.

Hi Hellmunkey,

 

These airports are pure eyecandy. There is no takeoff, taxi, landing or any other functionality. They do not replace the ingame airports either. If you're looking for something that has a little more pizzaz to it, then I suggest taking a look at the JENX functional airports on the LEX (registration required). The upside of his airports is pretty obvious as you'll see below, but if you're looking for an accurately scaled airport, then the custom modular stuff is the only option.

 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_main.php and search Xannepan

 

Here's a preview of what these replacement airports can do...

 

http://youtu.be/MnlriU1VCWo

 

If these are what you're after, make sure you read the instructions very carefully or they will not work. 

[NielsC007 499]

 

Couple of questions.  Im interested in making my own airport (realistic looking, but not to spec/code), but haven't looked into at all.

 

1. Are these functional? Do planes take off/land on them?

2. Do these replace the in game airport or are these more eye candy?

3. What mod/pack do you guys use, or do you piece together from a lot of different ones?

 

Thanks.

Hi Hellmunkey,

 

These airports are pure eyecandy. There is no takeoff, taxi, landing or any other functionality. They do not replace the ingame airports either. If you're looking for something that has a little more pizzaz to it, then I suggest taking a look at the JENX functional airports on the LEX (registration required). The upside of his airports is pretty obvious as you'll see below, but if you're looking for an accurately scaled airport, then the custom modular stuff is the only option.

 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_main.php and search Xannepan

 

Here's a preview of what these replacement airports can do...

 

(video)

 

If these are what you're after, make sure you read the instructions very carefully or they will not work. 

 

 

Man that looks great!

[hellmunkey 30]

I cant find any of the xannepan custom airports.  I found the air traffic controller.  Do I just use the ATC lots with custom airports?  That what it looks like to me.

 

edit: nm, I found them, the LEX is a PITA to search sometimes.  Anyway, I can use his airports or make my own lots with the effects.  Thanks for the help.

[jmsepe 2,039]

Great airports in this thread. Is there any way I can get both functional and eye-candy airports?

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Great airports in this thread. Is there any way I can get both functional and eye-candy airports?

In a way... You can use the SWAP Airport Tram which simulates the functionality of an airport in your city and looks like a bus station....sort of. That way you can pretend your sims are hopping on a bus to the region's airport. Or you can combine Xannepan's runways with your own modular airport (which would cause you to lose the functional airport aspect).

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

Well... technically this is another double-post but seeing as how the thread needs a bump and it's new content I'm doing it anyway.
 
Behold Princess Katarina International Airport - a smallish airport with a 2700 meter runway, the airport serves over two million passengers per year, mainly tourists seeking the relaxing atmosphere, sun and sand (and great party times!) on this tiny Pacific island.
 

 
Some close up details of PKZ Int'l include the WWII-era Handley Page Halifax Bomber standing sentinel at the airport entrance.

 

 

PKZ's terminal was designed by architect Eero Saarinen with capacity for 5 gates. The satellite piers were added in the early 1990's, tripling the plane handling capacity (in conjunction with the 3 regional gates).

 

 

The Terminal's 12 gates can serve up to the Boeing 747, although given the short runway weight restrictions are in effect on larger aircraft. There is also a small cargo facility operated jointly by FedEx and DHL. A small private aviation section also exists, servicing for which can be seen to the right of the main terminal.

 

[Pioneer 140]

Well... technically this is another double-post but seeing as how the thread needs a bump and it's new content I'm doing it anyway.

Behold Princess Katarina International Airport - a smallish airport with a 2700 meter runway, the airport serves over two million passengers per year, mainly tourists seeking the relaxing atmosphere, sun and sand (and great party times!) on this tiny Pacific island.

Very nice where did you download the terminal?

Some close up details of PKZ Int'l include the WWII-era Handley Page Halifax Bomber standing sentinel at the airport entrance.

PKZ's terminal was designed by architect Eero Saarinen with capacity for 5 gates. The satellite piers were added in the early 1990's, tripling the plane handling capacity (in conjunction with the 3 regional gates).

The Terminal's 12 gates can serve up to the Boeing 747, although given the short runway weight restrictions are in effect on larger aircraft. There is also a small cargo facility operated jointly by FedEx and DHL. A small private aviation section also exists, servicing for which can be seen to the right of the main terminal.

[Scaley McSlither 1,714]

 

<SNIP>

Very nice where did you download the terminal?

 

It's available at the LEX (registration required). Make sure you read the instructions VERY carefully. Also note that my gates are custom as I didn't much care for the included ones.

 

https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=3039