1. Big Airports

I asked myself: what is one of the main reasons to prefer a custom airport scenery instead of an included lego one? It is all the additional elements that make me believe I am actually there. The terminal building probably being the most important. Equally important is everything I can see from the cockpit while taxiing from ramp start till runway or while taking off, landing or flying patterns.

Some gateway artists have mastered the usage of the LR Terminal Kit and create terminal buildings that are very accurate in footprint and dimensions. The following assets would help to make the terminals look even more realistic:

A) a way to put the airport’s name on the terminal = signboard/airport label.
I See something similar to the existing taxiway signs where we can choose the letters to form the name. Maybe with an option to choose between different fonts and colours. Eventually this is rather considered a new WED feature.

B) New roof elements and entrances for the terminal kit, allowing us to better mimic the look of terminal buildings outside US and central EU. E.g. pagoda-style roof for Asia (e.g.WADD), slanted and tiled roofs, Pacific style roof (e.g. NSFA), Oriental style (e.g. GMMX, GMME, HEMA, OOMS), etc.

C) Public transport at the airport:
– porch/canopy/marquee elements for the terminal kit to better design the entrance areas where cars and taxis arrive at the terminal and let the passengers get out
– curb-facades like the ones in the MisterX library so we can design bus-stops, train stops, traffic islands etc.
– airport taxi car
– public bus
– Signage for public trasport
– rental car signs
– entrance sign

D) little things that make an airport come alive:
– 3D passengers and crew of different ethnos (eventually animated) so we can finally populate the areas around our ramp starts
– Animated Flags of all the countries, so w’ill have them in gateway airports too
– decorative elements for around the airport: bushes, flower-pots, fountains, welcome-signs, coloured flags/banners

2. General
Variations of existing:
– more colour-options for the existing “colored area green” pol, eg. Blue, red, yellow, white, black
– reddish asphalt, gravel and sand .pol and road .lin for airports in regions with red soil, e.g. outback Australia
– same texture options for pavement .pols as we have for taxiways, = plus gravel, sand, snow, grass etc.
– static police cars with non flashing lights
– more windsock colour options (white, orange) and types (e.g. Aussie style)
– Static version of the train objects
– A facade similar to the existing flat utility or flat flat warehouse ones (with ramps etc.) but for higher buildings e.g. up to 4-5 levels.

new:
– more variety of static helicopters, also SAR
– pool-facade so we can make different shapes

2. Assets specifically for small GA Airfiels:
– Clubhouses in different types (wood, brick, plaster etc.) with Club sign on the wall
– small C-office buidings/containers with C sign
– aerodrome signal square with animated T-Bar as specified by ICAO
– wooden versions of the existing small gabled hangars

3. Assets for Seaports/seaplane bases:
– static seaplanes
– different wooden docks with old tires
– swimming docks on drums
– drum fuel pump
– lifebouy
– crate with life vests
– shoreline ramp
– mooring buoy
– beacons, pointers
– canoe
– administration block

Thank you very much for considering some of this input.