Box hangar
A row of four boxes with a small forecourt. Private owners move in, pay rent every day and fly out on regular trips – the backbone of income on a grass field.
How it works
The box hangar is one of the first research projects in the Airfield branch and cheap enough for your first day. Once it is built, the first tenant usually arrives within half an hour of game time; the other boxes fill up over the following hours and days.
Each tenant:
- pays 150 € rent per day for the box,
- keeps the aircraft at your airfield and flies a trip every one to three days,
- pays only half the normal landing fee when coming home,
- earns you a little operating experience – half a research point per rented box and day.
The hangar has a small daily upkeep, but a full hangar pays for itself very quickly.
Leases
Tenants sign for 20 to 60 days and then give notice on their own; after a while a new owner moves into the free box. You can also evict a tenant, but word gets around – it costs popularity.
Placement
The forecourt must connect to a taxiway that leads to the runway. Tenants fly small single-engine aircraft that are happy on grass, so a mown path is enough. Keep the hangar away from the extended runway centreline if you plan a longer asphalt runway later.