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Are there any examples in OGF of runways for a Regional Airport? I have been using Toronto Pearson International Airport as a benchmark for runways, but I think I’ve taken it a little too far… Thanks! It might not appear yet in standard mode at the time of posting.
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Comment from Marcello on 24 June 2017 at 19:38
Hi,
There are plenty, actually - even in Gobrassanya.. Your eastern neighbour Brisbane has a nice one, though with a bit short runways and an excessively large terminal. Your western neighbour Gautig has an exemplary one, IMHO. Usually, a regional airport is a one runway -affair, one small terminal, some facilities and the rest is a lot of parking grounds (one cannot have enough of that). The runway should be about 2 1/2 to 3 kilometers to accommodate larger (but not the very largest) jet engines.
Pearson is far from a regional airport, it is a main hub and way too large for what you are aiming at, I guess.
Your airport lacks the difference between runway and taxiway, so it is hard for me to see what is what. The runways are too short for jet engines. I like the hotel, which I forgot (thanks to you now on my to-do list). But you are on the good way: just re-organise your asphalt, and things will go better.
This is mine, meant for a city of about 100.000 inhabitants. It should host maximal 50 flights a day. most regional: http://opengeofiction.net/#map=15/5.9155/126.3774
happy mapping !
Marcello.
Comment from varnel_maiser on 24 June 2017 at 21:06
Thank you! I will take that into consideration!
Comment from Demuth on 26 June 2017 at 12:42
I’ve got two small regional airports in Østermark that I rather like - one is a regional airport for the island of Ængerholmen and serving a population of between 50,000-75,000 total called Ængerholm flyghamn and the other, which is the second (smaller and older) airport now strictly for regional air traffic for the capitol Mynninghamn, Flenløsa flyghamn (my only comment about Flenløsa is that the terminal probably should more realistically be more in the middle of the runway so that planes have to taxi less).
Comment from Marcello on 26 June 2017 at 19:31
@Demuth: I would not worry too much about terminal building location. The most important part of any airport are its runways, and those are determined by wind direction - you would rather not want to have a runway perpendicular to the prevailing winds. The rest just follows where it can. If your terminal building is at the end of a runway, then try to allow a taxiway to run parallel to it so that it is free for more arrivals / departures. If you do not have too much traffic, even that is not 100% necessary (only safer, maybe). I personally just learned about runway numbering (from the ‘net), very educating and I had to re-baptise mine. Your detail on Aengerholm (don’t know hoew to type the AE) is beautifull, so pastoral. It reminds me of a certain country where they have interesting sausages.