infrastructure / Base game

Airport

Airport for passengers and cargo with a depot for buying airplanes. It can be used by small and large airplanes and extended with modules. In a radius around the building, airplanes are automatically maintained.

1950 – onwards

Layouts and variants

Option	Availability	Function	Values and options
Airport	1950 – 1980	Airport for passengers and cargo with a depot for buying airplanes. It can be used by small and large airplanes and extended with modules. In a radius around the building, airplanes are automatically maintained.	Depot Yes, No Terminals 2, 3, 4 Landing Direction Left, Right Construction $5,400,000–$13,500,000 Annual maintenance $900,000–$2,250,000/year
Airport	1980 – onwards	Airport for passengers and cargo with a depot for buying airplanes. It can be used by small and large airplanes and extended with modules. In a radius around the building, airplanes are automatically maintained.	Depot Yes, No Terminals 2, 3, 4 Landing Direction Left, Right Construction $16,200,000–$40,500,000 Annual maintenance $2,700,000–$6,750,000/year

Functional modules

Option	Availability	Function	Values and options
Approach Lights	1950 – onwards	Approach lights that determine the approach and takeoff direction of the runway.	Construction $0 Annual maintenance $0/year
Depot	1950 – onwards	Depot building for buying small and large airplanes. In a radius around the building, airplanes are automatically maintained.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year
Helicopter Terminal	1950 – onwards	Terminal for helicopters that increases the station's passenger capacity.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year Passenger capacity 0–450 Passenger capacity added 100
Main Building	1950 – onwards	Main building that extends the catchment area for passengers and cargo. Provides road access for passengers and increases the station's passenger capacity.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year Passenger capacity 0–400
Terminal	1950 – onwards	Terminal for airports that increases the station's passenger capacity.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year Passenger capacity 0–850 Passenger capacity added 100
Runway	1980 – onwards	Second runway that allows building a second taxiway.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year
Taxiway	1980 – onwards	Second taxiway that allows adding more buildings.	Construction $900,000 Annual maintenance $150,000/year

Transport modes

Aircraft
Small aircraft
Helicopter

Construction limits

Aircraft terminals accept large and small aircraft; helicopters require the helicopter terminal.

Reference values

Vehicle compatibility: Aircraft terminals accept large and small aircraft; helicopters require the helicopter terminal.

Connections

Warehouse transfer within station catchment · 5

Relevant vehicles · 43

Planning guides

Stops, terminals and maintenance

Game data sources

Build 25754343 · Pack base

base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport1950.metacon.tl
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport1980.metacon.tl
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/airport_2nd_runway.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/airport_era_b_landing_direction.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/airport_era_c_landing_direction.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/airport_terminalB.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_hangar.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_main.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_terminal.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_terminal_heli.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_terminal.module.lua
base/content/stations/air.zip:air/airport/ap_terminal_heli.module.lua

Overview and native model detail views. Full detail is available in the image viewer.

Overview: source build 25754343
Building detail: source build 25533170

Source values

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