Field or Port?

[JerkyJerry]

Hi Ya'll

In HOI4 are there airfields or airports? What did the military call them at the time? Are airfields upgradeable?
Maybe airports is civilian and airfields military? What is the difference from a game/history point of view?
I don't even remember what they are called in HOI3!

 

[Mannstien]

They are called Airbases in HOI3, I think they would be more appropriate to be either an Air field which was derived from the fact that most Airbases were build in fields, there were few paved runways at that time as in general and this is from my own flying experience it's easier to land a tail dragger on grass than on a paved runway. Also, yes they can be upgraded by using your civilian factories to either build them or build up ones already there.

 

[Damiani]

What would be the point of civilian airports gameplay wise?

 

[JerkyJerry]

What would be the point of civilian airports gameplay wise?

I was thinking could there be the possibility of factories using airports (hardened runways) from one friendly country to another (and possibly using bigger planes). Then transferring those units to the battlefield would be sent in to airfields and thus having to use smaller planes making more trips? I'm not sure how large the air industry was pre-war worldwide? Or how advanced shipping/logistics were world wide with regards to airports? So I did not know if the more advanced countries used both airports & airfields in their war efforts both on the front lines and behind?

 

[UP-Cedric]

In the 30ies and 40ies transferring large amount of cargo or personel via air was not cost effective.
A Ju 52 could only carry 1,5 tons of cargo and a DC-3 not much more.
To move around a significant amount of personel or cargo you´d need thousands upon thousands needing vast amount of fuel.

And concerning the naming of airfields I´d go with this:
- Airstrip (level 1-3)
- Airfield (level 4-6)
- Airbase (level 7-9)
- Major Airbase (level 10)

An Airport is, in my eyes, something of the modern age for civilian use.

 

[TheOrangeGuy]

They are called Airbases in HOI3, I think they would be more appropriate to be either an Air field which was derived from the fact that most Airbases were build in fields, there were few paved runways at that time as in general and this is from my own flying experience it's easier to land a tail dragger on grass than on a paved runway. Also, yes they can be upgraded by using your civilian factories to either build them or build up ones already there.

Fun fact, bromma airport in Stockholm was the first airport to be built with paved ones, in Europe. This was 1933.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bromma_Airport