I just wanted to know what airport people mostly use as their main hub for their fleet… I haven’t unlocked LHR yet, I played BKK Max out
I like to play in Nagoya and San Diego, sometimes London (which is my “lastest” airport).
My hubs are in LHR and IAD. BKK is also possible, but was one large airport too many for me.
From IAD I can reach every airport in the game so far, the landings are quick with 3 RWYs.
LHR has a lot of gates and many employees
I don’t have any main hubs, I just roam around to wherever sounds fun (which becomes a major problem for connections but most people I connect with just handle it)
I think IAD is very good for your main hub
I tend to rotate based on:
(a) What airports my alliance mates are grinding (basically where is the new airport)
(b) If an airport I haven’t played recently has a lot of new levels
(c) What my mood is
So right now I’m using IAD as my main hub to chuck M planes at MSY.
My favorite hub is probably MCT. It can reach every airport in the game (IAD and MCT are the only airports capable of that thanks to the fact M planes can go to INN) and the runway configuration is speedy. I was hoping BKK would take over just because of its size and large quantity of L/X stands, but the long taxi times makes the airport not as fun to play, so I’m not sure if I’ll ever return to it.
I’ve also been playing iAd, because I’m only level 50 and I do need the levels lol. It’s also fun tho so
Nagoya because it has all my fav airlines.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | E | F |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airasia | A320 | A320N | A330X | A321NX | |
Malaysia Airlines | B38M | B738 | A330 | A359 | B747 |
Royal Brunei | B788 | A320N | |||
Air India | A320 | A320 Express | B738M | Express | |
China Southern | |||||
Tiger Airways | A320 | A320N | |||
All China Related Airlines |
i only play lhr
To me my base is basically BKK and LHR, since most of my intercontinental flights departs from there
My top 5, with comments:
IAD should and could be the best being the only one with 4 runways and reasonably fast landings, but it lacks handling crew. The airport simply can’t handle all the influx the 3 landing runways can provide, which is a shame.
BKK should be the second best being the only one with 3 runways, but the long landings/taxiing, departing planes blocking the landing taxi and the change to how runway crossing works, which now requires activating the “Ground” ATC, thus blocking the landing taxi, makes it not that good to play. In theory, it’s the most balanced and should be the best airport currently available, but somehow it just isn’t fun.
MCT suffers from really bad cargo terminals and the lack of handling crew for late game, but it’s still on top 5 with it’s 2 fully operational runways and great routes.
LHR used to be the king, and the way I play the game, it still is. Decent cargo, fast landings, reasonable taxi times, and the biggest handling crew in game. It’s a shame it only uses one runway out of the two available for landings.
NGO would be the last on my top 5. Not much to say here… lots of X slots, enough handling crew to handle it’s single runway, and great routes makes it a decent airport.
Honorable mention: LEJ. Should be a great cargo airport, but it suffers from not having enough handling crew for it’s 2 fully operational runways and lots of X cargo slots.
MCT anyday…can connect to all airports with almost any L jet
I rotate around airports until I’ve got a full fleet, i currently main LEJ, BKK, SYD, IAD.
But if I were to pick a favourite it would be MCT, has a great atmosphere with the right amount of stands. Also has an efficient layout with fast taxi times.
None actually in game, in my world LHR and BKK are my hubs but outside of the game would be DUB, HKT, ACE, SAW and DEN.
MCT is just like IAD before the remodel right? (The runway)
Two runways…Both landing and takeoff
Irl i’d stay with hubs in 1 country, for example if it was American it’d be these hubs: IAD, STL, TPA and PDX with focus cities in AUS, SAN and RDU.
If my airline was British (only other option really) it’d be LHR, LGW and EDI with focus cities in MAN, LBA and GLA.
As i am Australian im going to be Bias and say its sydney, but i do turn back to using Bari at times
My hub is at IAD where I have a variety of M and L and X trier planes I have 201 planes at IAD.
I mostly use IAD and MCT as hubs for PAX, and just started LEJ for cargo. I also use NGO as a PAX hub as well, I am 3 levels to the end though and may play far less after that. I will then see where to create a new hub.
I also indirectly play Gdansk as a hub for PAX and Indianapolis for Cargo. Meaning I send my planes from relevant playable airports to these locations.