Can a city have 2 functional airports?

[morkeus 1]

I'm playing a city which has reached a good population and is also growing rapidly. It already has an International Airport which has reached around 3/4th it's capacity(~190000). I was thinking of building a new airport in the near future(for which I've left an area unzoned). I built the new airport there just to see what happened(without saving) and noticed that all the flights were taking off and landing at this new airport, and none of the planes were "using" the old one. But the capacity was shared between the two(so that each were at 3/8th capacity). So I assume that the plane landings/take-offs not being displayed in the old airport doesn't mean that it's not being used?

Also, has anyone built 2 airports in the same city? Is there any use doing it i.e if one reaches full/near full capacity, does building a new one help?

  Edited August 20, 2011 by morkeus  

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I'm playing a city which has reached a good population and is also growing rapidly. It already has an International Airport which has reached around 3/4th it's capacity(~190000). I was thinking of building a new airport in the near future(for which I've left an area unzoned). I built the new airport there just to see what happened(without saving) and noticed that all the flights were taking off and landing at this new airport, and none of the planes were "using" the old one. But the capacity was shared between the two(so that each were at 3/8th capacity). So I assume that the plane landings/take-offs not being displayed in the old airport doesn't mean that it's not being used?

Also, has anyone built 2 airports in the same city? Is there any use doing it i.e if one reaches full/near full capacity, does building a new one help?

Yes. I've done it on a large tile. I put a flying club beside my university.

[Keder 116]

Yes, I think so. I,built a few cities that really need two airports. For large tiled cities I'll use an international airport and maybe if the that airport gets to full capacity ( after upgraded 2 times ). I would build an airfield or regional airport. So, Yes.

  Edited August 20, 2011 by keder  

[jacksunny 741]

A lot of RL cities have more than one airport. Take Edmonton for example. They have the main international airport, but they also have an airport n the northern end of town, mainly for industrial purposes.

[tungston 19]

I used one of each size of the game airports in a large city. All of them reached the third level, but didn't reach that full capacity.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

A lot of RL cities have more than one airport. Take Edmonton for example. They have the main international airport, but they also have an airport n the northern end of town, mainly for industrial purposes.

Yes, and Toronto has three: Pearson International, Toronto Island, and Buttonville. Because of the big island in the harbor, you can fly literally into downtown Toronto.

[AdoxxBE 289]

In our Brussels they have also 2: Brussels Airlines & Rainair

[morkeus 1]

Great! Thanks for the answers.