Your Airport

[slornie]

I'm amazed they would allow such a thing, not only from a safety standpoint but a security one as well.

They don't really have much choice in the matter. The territory is only 2.3 square miles with the airport/runway (first built by the RAF during WW2) neatly bisecting the peninsular just south of the land border with Spain, and the road that crosses the runway is the only one connecting Gibraltar and Spain. Until they can finish the new tunnel(s) and get it all nicely connected up with the existing roads they're stuck with the at-grade multi-modal intersection. It's also interesting to note that apparently even after the tunnels *are* finished and open, the runway will still be closed between flights to allow pedestrians to get across!

EDIT:

While I do understand KR153s point of view, I do not share his negative view of it. It's been confirmed that modular airports won't be in the game at release but I think it's a safe bet that it's one of the things that will be worked on shortly after release. We can't expect to have everything we've always wanted from day one in a complex game like this.

Even without a fully modular airport tool I'm sure there are things CO could do to give us some level of control. Maybe they could allow us to upgrade/downgrade airports like stops and depots in CiM2 - upgrade the terminal from a small shed to a larger pre-fab building, and then to a flashy modern construct; snap runway extensions onto the end to allow larger planes to land/take off (and increase passenger/freight capacity/generation); snap an entire additional runway onto the side of the airport.

 

[Sylvavas]

I'm very surprised to see that my local airport (Ronaldsway) has already been posted!

Instead I'll post one that I used to like landing at - London City Airport.

 

[KR153]

Yeah, you can call me "negative" if you want, I prefer the term "sceptic" and I have every reason to be. This isn´t the first game I have a look on at this stage of release. Of course there is nothing wrong with "phantasizing" a bit around, what could be done, I do that too. That might give the devs an idea about what exactly we like to be the emphases of this game. At this point though we don´t know anything about any of the mechanics of the ingame airports, not only the model specs, but also how to create the airways/taxiways and that stuff (Any details on that, CO?)
I truely believe in the abition of the devs, I simply stick to the philosophy that lowered expectations can only be excelled. Burned child, twice shy.

 

[OmarVP85]

La Chinita International Airport (It takes it's name from this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary_of_Chiquinquirá), a few years ago. It was constructed one year after a catastrophe in Grano de Oro Airport (Now a place to take test drives).
I think it was constructed during the sixties or early seventies, the government even made a whole highway connecting to the airport, and all this took like a year as I said before.

Sadly, now the airport is dirty, filled with crowds of people awaiting flights (Not 2 or 3 hour delays, I'm talking 6 if you're lucky 12 if Chavez decides to take a dump on you whenever he's burning).
Did I mention the airport is filled with propaganda? lots and lots of it, huge images of Maduro and Chavez (Mostly Chavez actually).


Go communism!

 

[Victor Cortez]

Communism? Is that a Cola add? Is that a religious figure on the glass?

 

[KeanoManu]

Communism? Is that a Cola add? Is that a religious figure on the glass?

Hi did say that this was an old picture and that the airport has changed for the worse.

 

[Frode789]

My nearest airport is TOS (Tromsø Airport), in northern-Norway. It is the 5th largest airport in Norway, with 1.9 mill passengers a year. Fantastic scenery.

 

[mh8780]

Where I live, JFK is one mile closer to me than lagaurdia. CO should only model from these if they want an extremely dysfunctional airport that is a waste dump (I'm looking at you LGA), it's right next to a prison. JFK has been getting better but still is far from ideal.

There's also Islip airport out on Long Island that no one uses.

(LGA)

(JFK)

 

[TotalyMoo]

I truely believe in the abition of the devs, I simply stick to the philosophy that lowered expectations can only be excelled. Burned child, twice shy.

I understand your caution and fully respect it, as I truly know how it feels to be "burned" by a game or project you're excited in. Better cool your expectations and be positively surprised in my opinion

(And don't worry, we'll deliver )

 

[Rodrico Stak]

Washington Reagan National Airport

 

[zerosius]

I raise you Frankfurt Airport / Germany,

which also happens to be where i work with Lufthansa Cargo

 

[jesitim]

Why always so big airports if the small ones are functionall too

Deurne/Antwerp Airport, flights going mostly to England but discussians are there to expand the number of flights and the destinations XD

 

[DDRJake]

Edinburgh airport.

I certainly prefer them smaller.

 

[Unready]

Moscow SVO

 

[Sir Leningrad]

El Prat, Barcelona Airport

MAP

Terminal 1:

Terminal 2:

 

[slornie]

I guess one of my "local" airports would be Robin Hood Airport (Doncaster, UK):

 

[Metallord]

Brussels National Airport, Belgium, not that i like em bigger or live in the Brussels area it just happens to be the closest around 22 mil passengers for 2014 (last 2 months not yet officially disclosed )

 

[JoshuaTP]

Midway International Airport

O'Hare International Airport

 

[makinistfanlari]

Istanbul - Ataturk Airport

I think it is a mid-sized airport. But it is very busy.

 

[eaglechopper]

Nothing special about Melbourne airport, pretty generic and small. We are getting a rail link soon though