Planes not spawning, zero passenger traffic at airport

[renbostelaar]

I've searched here and elsewhere for anybody else posting about a similar problem, but I haven't found any answers. I've created an airport that meets all of the requirements (terminal, concourse, aircraft stands, runway and taxiways providing entry and exit to the runway and stands) but after many in-game years no plans are coming or going. Citizens do come and go from the airport for work but there is no passenger traffic. Any idea what could be happening?

I've disabled all of the transit-related mods but nothing has changed.

[justin36]

If you place a bus terminal in-front of each airport terminal, it will work. Well, that is what worked for me. It is annoying, but it works. Also, having a higher "attractiveness" rating plays a part too. Add extra transport options too so your population can get to the airport!

[renbostelaar]

Originally posted by justin36:

If you place a bus terminal in-front of each airport terminal, it will work. Well, that is what worked for me. It is annoying, but it works. Also, having a higher "attractiveness" rating plays a part too. Add extra transport options too so your population can get to the airport!

That seems like good advice, but I've got an Airport Bus Station and transit lines connected to the terminal and it's not helping. Attractiveness is 380/200 as well...

[Kerouha]

I have exactly the same problem, to the point that not even standard pre-made airports do anything. This is on a save game that i started a long time ago (before even Industries i think), and came back to it before this update came out. It had a pre-made airport asset from another DLC (one with a metro platform included) which i decided to change for a new one. After building an airport area, a couple of planes took off but then air traffic disappeared completely.

On another save game (i started this one much later), previously built airports continue working; gonna try making a new airport area there and see if it breaks as well.

[justin36]

Well, try adding in bus terminals in-front of each airport terminal. Try using 'Customize It!'. Set the "attractiveness" value to double that. Let me know, if that works!

[Kerouha]

So I've built a new airport area on another save, and it seems to work fine - even with mods, alongside previously built airports, it upgraded to level 2 after some time.

I came back to the save with no air traffic, removed airports and air paths (that requires some mods, "more networks" and ones that allow you to build out of bounds i presume), built a new air path, basic cargo and passenger airports. Cargo airport is being used quite a lot. On the other hand, I noticed only a few outbound passenger flights

[Kerouha]

There's something scuffed with air passenger travel; even after I limited road and rail passenger capacity, airport just sits there unused, and influx drops to nothing.

If you build/rebuild aircraft stands with taxiways, couple of planes take off, then again nothing happens.

[echosofberlin]

Having the exact same problem, tried on two different saves and no passengers arriving. Cargo airport works fine though..

[CO_Avanya]

Does this also happen with saves that use no workshop mods at all?

Does the map in question have plane connections? Do the standard airport work?

[renbostelaar]

Originally posted by CO_Avanya:

Does this also happen with saves that use no workshop mods at all?

Does the map in question have plane connections? Do the standard airport work?

Thank you for your reply. This problem does persist on saves with no workshop mods at all. In my case, the map does not have any plane connections. There was no standard airport on this save until I created one using the new tool.

[CO_Avanya]

Originally posted by renbostelaar:

Originally posted by CO_Avanya:

Does this also happen with saves that use no workshop mods at all?

Does the map in question have plane connections? Do the standard airport work?

Thank you for your reply. This problem does persist on saves with no workshop mods at all. In my case, the map does not have any plane connections. There was no standard airport on this save until I created one using the new tool.

The map having no plane connections would be the cause in your case then. If there aren't any, the airports have nothing to connect to.

[MW_1984]

Is there something we can do? I noticed this issue on a specific map. On another tried map everything worked fine. I don´t want to kill my nice savegame only for working airports.

[echosofberlin]

Originally posted by CO_Avanya:

Does this also happen with saves that use no workshop mods at all?

Does the map in question have plane connections? Do the standard airport work?

One save has mods, the other no mods at all.. both have airports with plane connections. What I've found is when I setup the airport the first time planes spawn and take off, following that no flights arrive, and the number of flights listed in the airport menu gradually goes to 0.

[xnoybis]

It just stopped working for me today. Had a vanilla airport getting plenty of traffic, with a train station and a bus line for connections - worked perfectly fine. Loading the save today, no planes. Tried bulldozing and building from scratch - nothing (other than 1 plane departing right after building, then nothing), building a new vanilla airport in another spot - same story. Map still has air connections, but I've also tried adding new ones to no effect. Tried disabling all other intercity connections too, still nothing. People still go to the airport, but no outgoing or incoming flights.
Worked fine yesterday, that's already with the newest airport DLC updates, doesn't work today.

[Kerouha]

Originally posted by xnoybis:

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Have you ever built the Space Elevator in your savegame?

In my case i had it at first, then disabled it and removed it in attempt to bring more passengers to the airport.

On a save game where airports work, I never had the Space Elevator built.

[CO_Avanya]

Originally posted by echosofberlin:

Originally posted by CO_Avanya:

Does this also happen with saves that use no workshop mods at all?

Does the map in question have plane connections? Do the standard airport work?

One save has mods, the other no mods at all.. both have airports with plane connections. What I've found is when I setup the airport the first time planes spawn and take off, following that no flights arrive, and the number of flights listed in the airport menu gradually goes to 0.

For the unmodded save please try adding the launch options -noWorkshop and -disableMods to test if this is still an issue. If it is, please report it on our support forum here: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/support-bug-reports.879/

How To Set Launch Options

• Right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties.
  
• Enter the launch options you wish to apply in the box (be sure to separate each code with a space). Should look like this:
  

  -noWorkshop -disableMods

• Close the game's Properties window and launch the game.