BUILD The LARGEST Airport in History Challenge (Cities Skylines Airports DLC)

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

NOTE: Working Loading Screen Mod on my Dicord: discord.gg/joinbiffa

[@lylampriv]

Hey Biffa! Not sure of you noticed, but there is a error in your writing here. It's in the first sentence, "dicord". Anyway, enjoy the Airports DLC! 😃

[@Bulkinc]

I’ve joined your Dicord

[@raulruiz-xh9vy]

Biffa I saw some videos about how great and efficient would be to have a round airport in rl, It would be amazong if you achieve it in game.

[@Daevonx]

Love the content and positive attitude that always makes me want to play and troubleshoot after every video!

[@leeroberts1192]

There's a few mods by various authors that I'm waiting to be updated for the Airports DLC. I know that those behind Traffic Manager have already fixed that

[@remerrietkerk5407]

Biffa: Today we're going to make an airport Biffa 5 minutes later: Hopefully this will help alleviate the city's traffic problems.

[@Odin029]

Can't help himself

[@Panzerairlines]

The Fast and Furious directors are proud of that runway.

[@AGDeep]

😂 yeah shooting half movie there

[@dylanklaverveld907]

You think 6 km is long enough? Maybe 6 miles would be 😂

[@nszittai]

I read somewhere that the runway was calculated to be something like 23 miles long with the type of aircraft used in the film and stuff.

[@alexx2513]

That was my immediate thought too.

[@spankymcgee2864]

Now all they need is the 64 speed gearbox

[@RN-du8wr]

Now that we have this dlc, I hope asset makers and modders come up with malls, foodcourts and the like for it. I've only been to a couple airports but they all had plenty of commercial built in and it'd be cool to have associated assets that connect to the concourses like the lobbies. Could just use PO to make things happen I suppose. The idea would be to have the shops vonnect to the concourses like park assets to regular paths.

[@stevieinselby]

*Biffa:* Let's set the speed limit of this road to infinity and beyond! *Biffa+1:* I wonder why everyone is using this road? 🧐

[@ellnic]

What your doing wrong is only having 2 taxiway connections to your runway, which means planes have to travel the entire length to get off the runway and the entire way back down to the end to get back on to take off. You should have mulitple on off connections like they do irl on large airports as it costs less in fuel and cuts done timing to make it a far more efficient/practical airport.

[@RyanMcIntyre]

I would also use multiple runways so they can land and take-off closer to their terminal, as well as allow multiple planes at once.

[@SidneyKenson]

The ganeplay doesn't allow for intersection TO and exiting the RWY earlier. Sadly. I'd love to see 30° swiped TWYs coming on and off RWYs like IRL as well.

[@ellnic]

@@SidneyKenson That's what Anarchy is for ;)

[@StrokeMahEgo]

@@ellnic right but if you anarchy them and they don't connect then they probably won't use them as turn offs. It's something that needs to be addressed by the developers for intersecting taxiways.

[@Ethan.YT.]

@@StrokeMahEgo and every console player also can't use it.

[@deilusi]

12:12 OBJECTION. Curved (at the end or middle) runways have a reason to exist, there are a few of those, and planes that prepare to start wait for their window, and after landing they can get out faster, freeing the lane for others. Middle ones are used one way, landing from south, starting into north-east for example, mostly using half of it, while bend is there for massive ones that landed, but breaks have either failed, or are to weak for length of straight path. end curved endings were used to keep stuff like firetrucks for emergency landings. If they were straight with the plane, engine blow back can roll over fire trucks. They exist in real life as well, like Elk City Airport's runway, made like that because of terrain.

[@StarShadowPrimal]

I'm imagining so many movie scenes where the characters are running from one gate to another if the were set in this airport (the Home Alone scene could have had some characters run while others take the metro between gates). Also, imagine when the plane taxiing to and from the runway takes so long that it becomes a significant portion of your total travel calculations.

[@TheDasHatti]

I guess, this was also the set of Die Hard 2, where they fought for minutes on the wings of the Boeing 747 while taking off

[@EvanBear]

Langoliers... They wouldn't make it to the terminal before the langoliers arrive and eat them up.

[@bs_blackscout]

Amsterdam Schiphol then?

[@SidneyKenson]

Look at Amsterdam. Board your plane somewhere in the south-east corner of the Terminal, and you're going to take off from Runway 36L. Takes about 30min on a day with not too much traffic. Can take up to 1 hour just to get from your stand to the line-up on the runway.

[@Clavichordist]

@@SidneyKenson Chicago O'Hare is like that. A few times, my flights came in at Terminal A and I had to catch my outgoing flights way down at Terminal W and X. It took me 30 minutes to walk it and that included the people movers. By the time I arrived at the end terminals, my arms were ready to fall off from carrying my carryon luggage.

[@mmomox]

It would be cool to see you re-create Heathrow for the England build. Maybe practice it here?

[@LucaBlaLP]

Teathrow Airport - fits perfectly.

[@karlmdennis]

@@LucaBlaLP Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner :D

[@VespaT5]

​@@LucaBlaLP That's in Boston, USA.

[@lonniemcnerney262]

Just a thought, if you have problems getting the number of planes in that you need you are already set to increase your runway count. You have 2 runways that are 6 miles long, but no plane needs that. In fact a 747 needs less than a mile and a half. So, a simple delete of one square in four places gives you six runways that support large aircraft. A few minor road adjustments and BAM, 3x the air traffic. (assuming of course that the game limits the number of aircraft on the runway to one landing and one taking off in the same direction per runway, if it does not and you get them back to back then I guess you are set already)

[@mikeleigh2103]

“Water pipes under the planes, where they belong”. My new favorite cheeky nod.

[@Jen_Astra]

A 9600 meter runway! Thats more than double the length of the Space Shuttle Orbiter landing strip. Wonder if you can receive 'unique flights or vessels' that might ever have need of a runway of that length.

[@anchitgoyal7741]

that would be a fun easter egg

[@georgethomas7814]

To be exact the paved runway of 15,000 feet (4,572 meters) long, with a 1,000-foot (304.8-meter) overrun on each end. The width about the length of a football field, 300 feet (91.4 meters), with 50-foot (15.2-meter) asphalt shoulders on each side. Most countries were asked to make suitable runways available incase of emergencies.

[@cofibot8270]

Occasionally Edwards AFB marks out a runway on the dry lakebed more than 7 miles ... Runway 17/35 is 39,097 ft × 900 ft (11,917 m × 274 m).

[@Nylander2004]

"What hapoens when you make an airport larger than your city?" Biffa: "MORE TEA PLEASE. AND MAKE IT INTRAVENIOUS"

[@maidenminnesota1]

"Uh...tower? This is flight 1234 on depart. We're going to need to abort." "Go ahead, flight 1234. Reason for abort?" "Tower, we've run out of fuel trying to reach the end of the runway."

[@playtimewithdragonfire]

All new DLCs are installed on my system already. I bought them as soon as I got to work this morning and told Steam to remote install them. Now to get home and check everything out! Awesome seeing you having fun with the possibilities @Biffa. Can't wait to see you put it in New Tealand

[@lonniemcnerney262]

So, you watched this while at work? Hmm....

[@actschp1]

Not to be nit picky, but, you are putting your control towers on the wrong side of the concourses. The way you have them set up has the tower facing your city. Kinda hard for an air traffic controller to see the planes if they are landing behind them.

[@metropod]

Some airports now use digital “towers”. Some aren’t even at thier associated airport. And I don’t just mean some dinky little landing strip in the middle of nowhere. Decent sized commercial airports like London City use it.

[@EvanBear]

@@metropod Only until Tenerife 2.0 happens because the connection got lost somehow.

[@actschp1]

@@metropod Ah, good to know.

[@Ignac98]

This is the runway that they used in Fast&Furious movie!

[@Everie]

Good gravy. That's enormous! For a comparison, the biggest runaway in Brazil (and in the Americas) is the Runaway 10-28 from Galeão Airport. The length is 4 kilometers (2,48 miles) The runaway Biffa build is 3x bigger than the biggest runaway on the Americas! Just wow

[@legojenn]

Steam is having a three day sale. I bought the DLC that I didn't have and the new vehicles, but since the new DLC wasn't part of that deal, I didn't bother apart from the one. My biggest city to date is 40K. I'll bite once I have a city large enough for an airport. Thanks for the demos. I know what I'm missing.

[@somebritishoutcast1230]

pretty sure this DLC is actually free

[@growingup15]

Every other Cities Skyline KZbinr: **Builds a beautiful Realistic Airport** Biffa: LOOOOOONG AIRPORT!

[@CagdasTaks]

NEW PATCH MEANS; Beginner players: Wooowww lets play! Amateur players: I will make a new city now! Modded Pro players: lets stay away a couple day and play another games until mods update Modders : hellfire

[@vickirothe3761]

Just for some real world comparison, the longest civil airport runway has a total length of 5.5km (3.41 miles) and is situated at Qamdo Bamda Airport, at Qamdo, Tibet, China. The airport opened in 1995. The longest runway at Dubai is 4447 meters, and the longest runway at Heathrow is 3902 meters.

[@TheDasHatti]

The longest Runway in Groom Lake (Area51) was 8 meters long.

[@vickirothe3761]

@@TheDasHatti According to Google, the Groom Lake runway is 3048 meters. 8 meters would mean a runway of less than 30 feet which is unrealistic.

[@georgethomas7814]

Runway Length at the least 1000 units domestic -- 1200 Regional -- 1500 International the taxi-way 100 units past those points. Planes should leave the runway from more than one point and depart from one. To determine the length of a runway, several factors are considered, including airport elevation, temperature, wind velocity, aircraft operating weights, take-off and landing flap settings and runway surface condition (dry or wet). Length isn't the only consideration. The runway surface itself is normally thicker than usual highway surfaces to handle the extra weight and impact forces of modern aircraft. The longest commercial service runway in the world is 18,045 feet long-that's 3.4 miles or 5.5 kilometers-at the Qamdo Bamda Airport (BPX) in the mountains of Tibet. Two parallel runways are common expansions -- split take-off and exit points are needed for domestic and international services. Most aircraft will roll to stop in 2,000ft -- One tower per Airport -- ends of runway need lights and failed take off space. Lots missing in the DLC.

[@landonsandor591]

This was a fun video to watch, but that 6 mile runway is giving me agita lol I am looking forward to seeing how this plays out, and how busy it gets. PLEASE keep doing this video series. As a funny side note, imagine if the airplanes had to use the WHOLE runway before taking off.

[@mike.walker]

Put the cargo airport(s) on the sides, to free up the waterfront for something else. Then cargo trains running across the city, through various warehouse sections.

[@sala_evans]

Biffa, people like you are the reason it takes 6 years to get to the runway and 20 years to get off the ground BIGGER ISNT ALWAYS BETTER lol Great video, I'm hooked to your content

[@yellowbird8690]

You could have the two runways working with one for landing and one for taking off. You connect the end of the landing runway to the taxiway leading to stops. Then run the taxiway around the beginning of the landing runway to connect up to the beginning of the takeoff runway. Doing this with prevent you runway from getting too clogged up. Just incase a 6 mile runway isn't enough.

[@YiorgosAngelopoulos]

Ok, that was real fun, Biffa, it's about time we go back to New Tealand and make a beautiful airport there, isn't it?

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

Coming this weekend. Mods only just updated 👍

[@YiorgosAngelopoulos]

@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines really looking forward to it!

[@ihti20]

Biffa: traffic is horrendous! Me: 🤤 Biffa: we are not focusing on traffic.. Me:😭 Great episode and splendid tea made my mood for the evening! Ah, yeah, airport. I think perpendicular runways are slightly unsafe. Probably you can put separate runways for landing and taking off, and cargo runways in opposite direction. Latter can use taxiways to turn around the corner. Looking forward to see new stuff in New Tealand!

[@klashnacovak47]

Do you put Airports in your cities? Biffa: Don’t be silly I put cities in my airports.

[@slate613]

Fun Fact: If this runway is indeed 6 miles long, it's nearly double the length of the actual longest runway in the world. 16,404 feet at Shigatse Peace Airport in China. 😁 Also, would love to see modders reskin the aircraft into more real world counterparts.

[@kingtimtam5036]

You should anarchy multiple runways on top of each other and see the chaos of all the planes merging into one another

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Build a runway "volcano".

[@Arkaine_]

Jesus; 6 mile runway ? What are you landing there ? The Space Shuttle ?

[@honygully8148]

To film the new Fast and Furious movie

[@kmcclinton71]

Congratulations! You've created the exact runway from Fast and Furious 6... :)

[@timcotrell9753]

Biggest Airport I've been in is the Charlotte Douglas Int. Airport. The longest runway is just under 2 miles. The terminal and concourses were MASSIVE and long. Nothing like Biffa's airport though.

[@Bystander333]

I think Biffa went a bit Let's Game It Out or RTGame on this one.

[@lordfaladar6261]

welcome to Biffa airport, where you can watch the Space shuttle come in for a landing... it's about long enough for it.

[@nicktecky55]

15000 feet long, but verrrrrrryyyyyyyy wide.

[@simongeard4824]

"About long enough"? Ah, no... the Shuttle runway at the Cape is not quite 5km long, so this is a *lot* more than the Shuttle needed.

[@bobblebardsley]

"Your flight is now boarding at Gate 9,001." **looks up at Gate 1 nearby and 10km corridor stretching into distance** "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines."

[@Fizwalker]

I just realized that's Chicago's lake front and that cargo hub is where Meig's Field used to be

[@KempThomas70]

I think that if you have several shorter runways than one long runway you will get more passengers which means more $$$.

[@ejsvegas5724]

Just a side note, not many runways have only one exit, they all have a short turn off to terminals and emergencies. The Developers really missed the mark on that small detail. I'm hoping the Modders make the DLC more realistic as they have done with roads and other transportation.

[@jan-lukas]

That's not a small detail but a crucial thing

[@davidsdesign543]

This is what it must have been like watching Van Gogh paint as he spiralled into madness. It's beautiful.

[@andrewporter5179]

Detroit's international airport has a terminal *so long* that it actually has an aerial metro running inside! And that metro is like Vancouver's Skytrain. Also --- New Biffingdale: the Biffa plan for Chicago! 😉

[@simongeard4824]

Singapore has something similar... Changi airport is laid out in a big U shape, with the road entrance in the middle and the runways on either side, and has small trains running between the five terminals. Very densely packed, no wasted space.

[@danthebreakingnewsman9313]

While we are taxiing down the runway after arrival, will the airlines be serving a couple of meals or just several packages of pretzels? 😄😄😄😄

[@Annaayay]

I've been playing a lot of cities:skylines and you've really inspired me through your other series of fixing up people's traffic to branch out into the mass transport dlc. This new dlc has alleviated a massive problem I have face which is when im planning my city I didn't think about where the flat ground was for an airport. Now however I don't have to worry so much :P

[@GreaseMonkey_M42]

Would love to see you create a taxi way round-a-bout.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

I'd like to see youdo some experiments with the busses, trains, etc. Once you get it to max level to unlock everything, try building a second "airport" with no actual stands or runways, just the busses, trains, and terminals, and see if they will use it as a transport hub, and if passengers just using the busses and metros and trains count towards the passenger counts.

[@amysteele2488]

I laughed when the first plane landed - haven't laughed that much for months, so thank you Biffa!

[@nbest]

A super long cargo down the side would properly spite those first two hopeful planes you had.

[@cookingandjava7574]

You gotta have Arrivals and Teapartures in your airport!

[@lordraven2264]

14:45 So it's a control tower for the city? Lol, the windows are not facing the runway, that should be fun!

[@piggydogsandburritos3600]

My head in the opening: "this doesn't look like a Biffa city, it has six lane roads" Biffa "I didn't build this city" Me: "knew it"

[@jacknifebarca7763]

This may be kinda stupid, but wouldn't it be better to have two separate runways, one for takeoff the other for landing?

[@Jeroen_a]

@9:11 you did it again (and twice this video) :-) your control towers are facing away from the planes... they have a nice view of the city though :)

[@Jeroen_a]

Only 1 is placed correct :-) but that is just because it's fully open on all sides..... (and this makes me giggle inside...well... every time! :-D )

[@USER-yj3kb]

I cant wait for the weekend when I can download the new airport Dlc

[@raen8722]

I'm thinking maybe multiple cargo airports, so that the traffic doesn't have to go all the way through the city. Maybe turn part of the area next to the gigantic passenger airport into a tourist area?

[@trooper225]

That is actually a really good idea

[@DumpsterJedi]

This is a perfect recreation of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

[@andrewporter5179]

Or Dallas - Fort Worth International Airport

[@andybster63]

To me Biffa, a 6 mile runway is a bit overkill - you should make 3 x 2 mile ones (or even 6 x 2 mile) and hopefully TRIPLE arrivals & departures?? More potential down each side of the city too! Also, just thought why not "copy" Heathrow or Manchester airports as seen on Google maps?

[@sunshine135]

New Chirp: Plane runs out of fuel before reaching the terminal #6milelongrunway

[@Wiimeiser]

At 6:30 I was thinking give each terminal a hub when that becomes available and connect them via metro 9:05 that's like in Gibraltar, isn't it? 26:00 Runways here in Melbourne are about 3.6 KM long. 28:36 That divided road leaving the city would be a good place for a cargo area

[@kimmipops5143]

Heard in the airport: So honey, at last we are off on holidays for two weeks!!” “Yes dear, finally we might even make it off the runway this summer”

[@leeroberts1192]

With the massive length of that runway it's a good excuse for using Space Shuttle and Concorde plane assets

[@marcusfowler8544]

Biffa: Water pipes under the planes where they belong. Phil possessing you a little there Biffa?

[@carpemkarzi]

Hahaha that’s just hilariously fantastic build. How about some of the remote concourses sprinkled along the sides?

[@davidkalisch7168]

Biffa, you need to take a look at Atlanta's Hartfield Jackson airport as inspiration, as it's the busiest airport on earth!

[@jasonh8753]

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Thank you for being on our flight to New Biffingdale today, please grab your baggage in preperation for disembarking. A reminder that these are the new bubble jets, so there is no need to get out of your seat. Be prepared for the "slight" fall to the taxi way. Again thank you for flying with Biffa air and enjoy your stay. :0)

[@iguiste23]

I am currently in the middle of a new city and building the largest international- Domestic- Private+ Cargo airport in Cities Skylines and so far its huge lol. I'm even considering adding it as a funny asset to the steam/skymods communities maybe maybe not not sure yet. I want to comapre our Airports now when they're both done regardless of how crazy or messed up and congested they are. Mine won't be as big but I want it to be something others might use or if they want too change about. :)

[@gdhukLONDON]

Just downloaded the DLC for the fantastic price of £5.49 - Now to frightened to use the DLC as wondering what won't work , guess I will wait a few days just to be safe which gives me more time to watch even more CS content.. I predict we are going to see some massive airport complexes over the next few weeks. -

[@Shadowstorm-uz1yn]

I tried it today and having issues with some of my mods but so far the DLC is brilliant I'm going to wait for the mods to update

[@dunkey7739]

@@Shadowstorm-uz1yn which mods are working so far

[@gdhukLONDON]

Just had a look at the broken mod list and most are by the same well known creator and these may not be broken so if any updates are needed they wont take long. Just tried loading a new City with several of the possible broken mods and noticed no problems apart from taking a couple of extra minutes to load but not brave enough to try my saved games yet

[@gdhukLONDON]

Go to the discussions pages on the CS page and the top 2 posts are relevant

[@Shadowstorm-uz1yn]

@@dunkey7739 I have way too many mods currently. So far the one that I do know works is tmpe

[@stimpyueediot]

Biffa just for reference the space shuttle runway is a tick under 3 miles lol.

[@Bradbeard-nv1vo]

In the time it took that first plane to traverse the runway, the citizens have elected a new mayor, let them serve two terms, then reelected biffa

[@sag07763]

Gremlins are soil and runway length (once drawn can’t be added to unless you make taxi connection to both)

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

The geat biffa air wall port complete with people moving kart trains going from one end to the other, also someone doing the whole romantic leave/stay thing in romcoms and those late for their flight would be an absolute nightmare but at least there's shops like fast food and gift shops. Grammatical spelling.

[@ryangross5446]

Man that taxiing would take forever haha. I vote for a super long cargo airport runway down the side!

[@JS...]

Taxiing and landing and takeoff take more time than the actual flight across the Atlantic ...

[@Hvorgandr]

10:13, passing through te taxiway over the highway reminds me of Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul. During IST Airport's construction, government had to expand the taxiway area of SAW in order to bear the intensity of flights in the absence of Ataturk Airport, which had been disabled for a while. In fact, to extend the SAW's taxiway area, government just simply filled landscape over the highway's area and made a tunnel for the highway underneath the newly filled area.

[@JediTev]

Atlanta built a runway over I-285. The Old Denver Stapleton had runways and Taxiways over I-70.

[@jbaviation1]

Imagine running late for a flight and your flights at the last gate [great video]

[@MrAdrianSW]

This is why we cant have nice things. Biffa just goes nuts and Breaks it all......

[@bcukdannage]

Well, obviously, the Aviation club down the side, then helicopter tours to take people from one side of the airport to the other... :)

[@Chris_Cross]

You should use that L-shaped terminal you put in the middle as corner terminals where you wrap the concourses around the city

[@gavincline209]

Definitely wrap the terminals around The city. Make 2 separate runways on those sides. Just to make this even more ridiculous then it is now. Lol.

[@marchutch]

New Biffingdale Airport: primary contractor Uncle Bulgaria Construction Ltd. 😉

[@mikecarey5432]

I can't help but think they should have made the hangars spawn and despawn the planes. The functionality is already built into the game! Would have thought they'd just copy the way bus and tram depots work! Maybe someone will make a mod for that!... hmm I wonder if the building spawn points mod could do this!?

[@socratesDude]

It would be interesting to see you replicate an existing airport.

[@MrKristijanP]

And now is time to make nice one in New Tealand.

[@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines]

As soon as mods work! :-)

[@Odin029]

That map looks like its based on Chicago. A build of the nice old Midway Airport there might not be too hard, but an attempt to build the monstrosity that is O'hare might be a real challenge.

[@adamt195]

its 100% chicago. He's got a cargo airport on what used to be Meigs Field Airport.

[@frankhaney8535]

Airports need a three letter code. BIF is already taken (El Paso (TX)) but NBI (New Biffington International) is available.

[@Cagnazu]

Wait... despawning turned on...? Who are YOU and WHAT have YOU done to the Real Biffa?!?!?!?! D:

[@annasbadman]

Biffa built the runway from Fast and the Furious 7

[@grahambo-42]

Biffa's gone loco. Biffa meet SeniacTWO and ImKibitz, SeniacTWO and ImKibitz, meet Biffa.

[@B-enjoyer]

the IRL longest runway is 3.4 miles or 5.5 kilometers, at the Qamdo Bamda Airport(BPX), and that is in the mountains of Tibet

[@mkpet13]

That’s longer than the space shuttle runway, even with the overruns at each end!

[@xxxyz721]

Regarding adding attractiveness - “there is no language on this earth that contains a phrase for ‘as beautiful as an airport’…” - Douglas Adams. :).

[@Blitzkrieger17]

only Biffa could design an airport where you need to take an airplane to get from one end to the other lol!!!

[@cynsthetic1300]

Finally done with work for today, DLC installed on the PS4 and ready to test everything out!!!

[@dangerousdream4957]

I think you should split the air strip into multiple air strips so you can have fast landing and take off

[@Firefox-cr3jw]

Try a circular runway *its a real life concept. Maybe you can get it working in CS

[@Firefox-cr3jw]

wow, cant believe you accaualy did it :o

[@opallise]

You can land the space shuttle at the landing strip in my city and it's still nowhere near that long. : D

[@XxMMXIIxX]

I wasn't very excited for this dlc until I realized I could actually build Kansai Intl Airport on console AND PC

[@alastairmacnaughton7673]

How Biffa, starts every video "welcome to cities skylines, with me Biffa."

[@GBLecci]

Ok, this quite looks like the airports in USA, where you have to walk 6 miles to go from one gate to another, and you have a 5 minutes gap between your flights

[@onemanzu]

“We’re going to Teasneyland!! 🎉” but “ we have a layover in new biffingdale airport. 😫”

[@carmelocabezo6757]

That first plane taxiing in reminds me of flying into Narita with how long it takes from touchdown to get to the terminal.