Airport Zone

Every large city needs an efficient and capable airport to allow the national and international travel of people arriving in and leaving the city. Airports are expensive to invest in, but if the demand is there, it can be a huge boost to tourism and business revenue.

### Planning & Zoning

Once you begin considering the addition of an airport, a few key points need to be addressed.

1. Airports require a lot of space!
2. Airports should be built on flat ground
3. Noise from airports is quite disturbing to those living nearby
4. People should be able to travel between the airport and the city easily and conveniently

### Allotments

With the airport zoning tool, allotments define where certain pieces are, and unlike other zones, the game cannot automate these - they must be manually defined within the zone itself.

#### Runway

The runway tool allows you to place down a runway. As you draw the runway, little helpful info popups will appear telling you what planes are able to land on a runway of this length, helping you to understand how long your runway needs to be. It's important to take into account what kind of planes you'll expect to be using your airport. There's no point paying for a 2,500 metre runway if you're only getting small regional planes!

Once placed, the game will automatically generate Runway Lighting and Alignment Guides, as well as blast pads and all the other bells and whistles.

#### Taxiway

Taxiways connect the runway with the Terminals. Segments of the taxiway can be designated as Holding Positions, where planes will pause temporarily while they communicate with traffic control.

#### Terminals

Terminals are modular buildings that must be placed manually. You can customise the look, size, and shape of your terminals in the Building Designer before placing them. Terminals can snap together, and connected buildings will allow people to pass between them. Disconnected buildings will require some form of connection to allow people to pass, such as an underground tram, bus service, or walkway.

There are different categories of Terminals to choose from:

* Standard: This are linear designs, with fingers and gates attaching to one side of the building.
* Concourse: This are linear buildings, with fingers and gates attaching to two opposite sides of the building.
* Satellite: These are buildings with fingers and gates attaching anywhere on the building.

Use the Building Designer to customise the shape of the Terminals.

#### Fingers

These are optional additions to Terminals which increase the number of Gates your Terminal can facilitate. A finger juts out into the Aircraft Stands. Like Terminals, they can be customised in look, shape, and size, depending on your needs.

#### Gates

These small buildings snap to Terminals or Fingers, and provide a place where planes can park, as well as the point where passengers get on and off planes. There is a minimum distance required between gates. Once you've placed Gates, you can create your taxi way networks and connected the runway to the gates.

#### Aprons

If you are undergoing repairs or construction in your Terminals, or you are over capacity, having an Apron allows you to board and unboard passengers without the need for a Gate. Passengers use an airport bus to reach a section where they can enter the airplane via stairs. You can place your aprons off to the side and connect them to your taxiways in case of emergencies.

#### Air Traffic Control Tower

Before the airport can begin to function, it needs an ATC tower. This can be placed separately, or snapped to your main buildings, but its effectiveness increases the more of the airport is in its field of view.

#### Airport Lobby

Before checking in and boarding, passengers like to spend some time shopping or eating at nice restaurants. Add Lobby segments to the airport design to create space for businesses to open and places for passengers to spend time. A vibrant lobby will create happy travellers and more income for your airport!

There are sub-buildings that can be added:

* Airport Martial Office: All Lobbies come with basic security, but if you have a busy airport and a higher risk of crimes happening at your airport, you can set up an Airport Martial Office, which increases the Security Rating of your airport and thus reduces the Crime Rate, and also lowering the risk of terror attacks.

After placement, you can customise many aspects of the Lobby, including Public Transport access such as railway stations, bus platforms, taxi ranks, and where people can enter or exit. You can also setup an internal network to help passengers travel between parts of the airport.

#### Airport Hotel

Provide a place for passengers to sleep and relax. When placing a hotel, you must first select which of the companies that have bid for the rights to manage and run the hotel. You can see a breakdown of the company's details - what kind of customer they cater to, how much revenue they'll bring in, and how popular it will be with passengers.

#### Hangar

All aircraft need maintenance, and your airport Safety Rating will increase if you have hangars where planes can be repaired. They also need to be connected via Taxiways.

Hangars have several sattelite buildings that can be added to increase the efficiency of the hangars:

* Aviation Authority Office: This is a place where aviation officials can work and oversee the maintenance of aircraft. Gives a significant boost to the safety rating.
* Parts Warehouse: While replacement parts can always be ordered in, having an inventory of parts makes maintenace much faster, improving your airport Business Appeal for airlines using your airport.

#### Freight Depot

Turn your airports into cargo hubs by adding a Freight Depot, allowing cargo planes to offload and take on mail and freight.

#### Fuel Depot

Your airport needs a fuel supply to operate, so set up an area some distance from the main activity. The main fuel depot includes a tank and office, but the following can be added:

* Fuel Tank: Increase the fuel capacity of your airport by adding more fuel tanks.

#### Airport Services

Emergencies and difficult situations must be prepared for, so build one of these to provide emergency fire response and de-icing to planes in need.