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Considering that this thread has been in a holding pattern for some time , I thought it was time to add some new airport shots. I prefer "irregular" airports, and try to have large open spaces, as you would see on a real airport. Coming home... Overview of the main apron, runways, and terminal. That has since been upgraded. The two sheds in the background are the cargo terminals. Main Terminal driveway seen from inside the airport train station. V View of the maintenance apron, with an SN Brussels Airlines Airbus parked in front of the main hangar. A Finnair flight is taxiing for take-off. To HEL and back Finnair taxiing into position. The Airports maintenance hangars and control tower are seen in the background.

Well, it's been just about 8 years since my last attempt to kick off a CJ, which ended after 8-9 updates due to real life interfering. However, with the quick but powerful gameplay of Cities: Skylines, and more time off due to a much shorter work commute, I decided to give it another go. So all I can say is: Welcome to Cabo del Virgen. ----------------------------- Ugh, so this is what it had come to? A washed up farming community in some godforsaken corner of Latin America? Well, I suppose it could have been worse, considering what got me here. What? Who the heck I am? Oh, excuse me, my brooding must have gotten the better of me. Charlton Meriwether Forysthe, formerly Head of Securities Trading at Consolidated Hibernian Bank, London. That's right, I was rather well connected within the City world, until that dreadful year 2008 that is. Bloody Lehman Brothers, ruined everything. Suddenly, I was a pariah. Scotland Yard were investigating me, Securities Fraud, my sources told me. I decided to hop out of town quicky. Made the ferry to Rosslare, and was on a flight out of Shannon by the time the cops knocked on the door of my Kensington Home. Getting around within, and ultimately out of the US was easy, there's a thousand little coves, and you wouldn't believe how many officials are willing to turn a blind eye if you've got the cash. Still, I had to find somewhere to settle down, a life on the run is always more romantic in the movies than in real life. A place that doesn't extradite to the UK, that is stable, preferably english-speaking, well out of the international focus, and still offers a nice living standard. My few remaining sources had all kinds of suggestions, and then it hit me. The Magdalenes! A small island nation of the coast of Guyana that had recently gained independence from Britain. Enoch Vernon, the president, and I still had a pretty good connection from my days at Con-Hib, when I had helped his country to a good dose of cash with a few advantageous exchange & securities deals. That had been all the startup capital he needed to set off on his own, and he had never forgotten that. This now came in handy, as he had been looking for someone with a bit of management experience to get the most underdeveloped province on the islands up and running: Cabo del Virgen District. "Don't expect too much", he said. He wasn't kidding, that's for certain. Let me show you around a bit. This wonderful example of urban landscaping *cough* is Arbemarle Street, the main high street of the town,and it's commercial heart. Independence Boulevard runs along the beachfront of the town. Remarkably, despite it's location, people here are strangely unconcerned about hurricanes. Nevertheless, the police station, run by the Magdalene Island Constabulary, is one of a handful of hardened buildings designated as a storm shelter. Oh, and it houses the town council as well, as that has no dedicated building at this point. You have to admit though, the view could be a lot worse. St. Mary's church is the local parish church, and just about the only building still standing from the original settlement. Much of the rest burned down in 1943 after an American B-18 Bolo returning from a patrol flight suffered an engine fire and crashed near the location of the present day constabulary. Ironically, this building, the fire station, was only built twenty years after the crash when the MacMillan government in London tried, and ultimately failed, to kickstart development in the Magdalenes. And this is how the town makes its money... agriculture... I wish I could say I was enthralled, but I've always been ore of a high tech kind of person. But, it balances the books, and that's about all that counts. Not paving all roads also helps, though... Well, at least there's a school, so I have a base from which I can build. However, there is still a lot of work to be done These last two pictures were taken by a photo survey plane just after I arrived here. We were originally supposed to get a full blown highway access with onramps and all, but the government ran out of money. Technically, the motorway leading here isn't even open, but that does not seem to interest many people here. Well, looks like this will be my new home for a while. And, thanks to a presidential decree by my old friend Enoch, I've got free reign when it comes to growing this city into a little pearl in this overlooked corner of the world. You know, I think I'm beginning to like it here.

Originally posted by: awake_78 Originally posted by: heitomat That's a great airport, gabe1337ness! The terminals, the parking lots, the pipes, the highway walls.. Good work! I was actually hoping to see the Haneda terminal in use again, just for variation, even though the AC terminals are great too.quote> Which one is Haneda Terminal????? quote> The top one, the one with the dual level roadways. It's available from a japanese website. Unfortunately I don't have the link as I am posting from my office. Maybe someone else can provide it? regards Thomas

@good airports everybody Time for another edition of airports you couldn't possibly get lost in ;-) Here we have Island's End airport, built ind 1941 for the US Navy but a civilian facility since 1961. This is the General Aviation Terminal, originally the Base Operations Building. It was turned into the airport's first terminal building in 1961 and reverted to it's current role in 1980. That year the present terminal opened, able to handle 100.000 passengers per year. It currently hosts flights to Vancouver, Victoria, as well as Seattle, WA. As the building is slowly approaching its capacity limit, plans are in the drawer to build a new terminal, able to handle up to 500.000 passengers.

Great Airports everybody, Especially yours, Giorgos! Time for one of mine again: Ramp overview of Mount Clarke Airfield. Parking positions 1-4 are self maneuvering stands, pushback only required on stands 5 and six (On the left of the image above) A more detailed overview of the ramp, with the terminal in the background. It has been designed to handle 500.000 passengers p.a., a volume which is not expected to be reached until ten years from now. Here we have an overview of the Town of Mount Clarke. It has been built as a nucleus for development in the area, hence the large airport at such an early phase of development. Enjoy, and don't get lost on the ramp ;-)

Its not only the passengers that count. an A330 or a B747 will be able to carry far more underfloor cargo than a standard narrowbody like the 737 or A33/340. It's the same thing here in Europe e.g. on the Frankfurt-London Heathrow run. BA and LH regularly deploy A300-600 or Boeing 767 on that route, and it's not necessarily because of the passengers or the available slots at the origin and destination. Underfloor cargo pays the bills. Every passenger seat will most likely produce extra income. regards Thomas

Nice airports everybody. Here's some of mine, just a tad smaller though. (Hey, at least you don't need a GPS to find your way around the terminal area Derrics International Airport overview. On the right is Camp Tango, a base of a UN Peace Keeping Force. Overview of the main terminal. At the gates are Iberia with a CRJ 900 to Madrid, Atlasjet with another CRJ 900 to Istanbul Atatürk and Lufthansa with its evening 737 to Frankfurt. Detailed view of the former Simavia Maintenance Base and Offices. The Airline went out of business several years ago and nowadays, the hangar only sees sporadic traffic. And for those of you who still think this is to big, welcome to Stanica Airport. That propeller aircraft on stand 1 is the daily connection to Zagreb via Sarajevo, the only scheduled rotation at the airport. That jetway hasn't seen an aircraft in two years! And an overview. No ILS, No VOR, no Radar, and no space. you better have good brakes.

*Chokes on the peanuts he has been eating* That is one impressive airport!! must have been a ton of work. Love the Terminal Layout. One question though, where did you get those wide runways? regards Thomas

*Picks up Jaw from Floor* Imprezza, that is one impressive Airport! Keep up the good work! @shinkansen01 Looking great so far, I'd just recommend making the taxiways between the concourses wider. Otherwise pushback could get hairy. @suppla07 Airport AND Aircraft looking great! I'd give a lot for Lufthansa to have such a good-looking livery. Keep up the good work.

A: That is for the jury to decide. Q: Why do all thunderstorms in my area make a huge detour around my place?

Ace, that's great work, but I have to ask you: Do you have sadistic tendencies, or why are you torturing us with those great shots? ;-) Keep up the good work, I 'm eagerly awaiting its completion! regards Thomas