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[TheSantos]

Are there any restrictions on what airports that the A380 can fly in and out of? In real life, there are only a few airports around the world that can accommodate the 380.  Does that apply to any of the AE worlds?

[hayhaa]

nope otherwise there would be restrictions against Soviet aircraft, Concorde, etc

[cian95]

yes because of the runway length and it isnt the most accurate 

[TheSantos]

I should be more specific.  Not many airports have the jetways that can reach to the upper deck entrance.  Is that a factor in AE?

[Viero]

Unfortunately, no. It's possible things like that might be in the next version of AE, but at the moment there isn't anything accounting for aircraft size other than runway length.

[Chubby Bear]

I would like just for the realism part of the game i guess put in the code of AE4 the aircraft like A380 and then the current airports around the world that actually accepts it and can use it.

[Frdm920]

I should be more specific.  Not many airports have the jetways that can reach to the upper deck entrance.  Is that a factor in AE?

 

This isn't even fully a factor in the real world, obviously while it does make it more likely and appealing for A380 service it's not a restriction on if the airport can handle an A380 or not (hell, LAX has in the past tried putting A380s on remote stands) the main restrictions as for pretty much all aircraft are: runway length, runway width, runway strength, taxiway width, and clearance space more than anything else.

 

In saying that it would be nice for different size gates to be a factor in AE with like a penalty (say longer turn around times?) for using a smaller sized gate.