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Runway lighting
Night lasts from 21:00 to 05:00. During those hours, take-offs and landings are only allowed on runways with lighting. Runway lighting is researched in the Airfield branch after th …
Runways
Grass, asphalt and concrete runways – lengths, weight limits and which aircraft need what.
Beginner's guide
Your first hour – lay out a grass strip, put up the radio hut, welcome visitors and plan the asphalt runway.
Control tower
Tower levels, movements per hour and how many runways you may use at the same time.
Glider club
A separate grass strip, a winch and a clubhouse – gliding that runs independently of your main runway.
Night operations
What changes between 21:00 and 05:00 – lit runways, night mail, slower taxiing and quiet-night fast-forward.
Radio hut
The humble start of air traffic control – one radio operator, one runway, six movements per hour.
Taxiways
Mown paths, asphalt and concrete taxiways link runways, stands and hangars – and route your traffic.
Airport management
Post Slots Strength Controller 2 / 3 / 4 by tower level Dense approaches, multi-runway ops, weatherproof Ground operations Research Vehicle hall, Catering and cleaning Fast turnaro …
Box hangar
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 f …
Fire station
On a grass airfield the club members grab an extinguisher and that is that. Once airlines land with dozens or hundreds of passengers on board, a real airport needs rescue and firef …
Flight schedule
Below the timeline, the check lists every problem it finds: Overlaps. Two flights on the same stand at the same time. A stand counts as occupied for the ground time plus a short bu …
Loans and finance
No. The career is balanced so that the path from grass field to regional airport works without a single loan, carried by operating income and goal grants. A loan is a tool to build …
Playing together
Split the work: one player on the terminal, one on runways and taxiways, one on the schedule. Agree on big purchases – the shared budget empties fast when two people build a tower …
Terminal
The terminal is built on a grid of 8 × 8 m cells. With the first research (Terminal, after the asphalt runway) your terminal may have up to six cells – just enough for an entrance, …
Weather station
Weather alternates between dry spells of 6 to 30 hours and showers of 1 to 4 hours; about a quarter of the showers are heavy rain. On average it rains roughly a tenth of the time. …