What is "Operating Cost"?!

[jonob]

Self explanatory question. It is the single largest cost in my budget/financial breakdown.

Normally, operating cost would be wages or equipment. It's neither of these since they are both shown elsewhere!

Help!

[TwoCflyer]

Most of the items you place on your airport have an operational cost. when you click on, lets say, the roads in the menu you will see how much it cost to place it and what the operational cost is for each cell/grid square of road you place per day. All of those "operational cost" add up to your operational cost. I hope this helps :)

[TwoCflyer]

Items like concrete/asphault tiles, and couches, chairs, tables, fences, etc... don't have any operational costs

[TwoCflyer]

So if you place 10 cells of road, you will see your operational cost go up by 10 x the road operational cost

[jonob]

Thanks so much! That makes sense. Its ironic since I followed the tutorial and made a massively oversized airport. No wonder my costs are so high!!

[TwoCflyer]

you are welcome :). yeah there is a lot to figure out when learning the game. Glad to help!

[Krokodiel89]

Hey folks,

about the operational cost. If I upgrade my taxiway (for example) or my roads from grass to asphalt. My operational costs won't decrease.

But if I got it right, the operational costs for grass ways are
1$
while the asphalt is
0.67$

Can you help me with this? I can't figure out why the costs never change. No matter if I use grass OR asphalt

[TwoCflyer]

did you wait for the next hour or day?

[Krokodiel89]

I did. First I checked the hours and waited for it and then I waited until the day passed.
Maybe it will just work when a whole 24 hours after the change passed?

[TwoCflyer]

I just did a test and Asphalt taxiway operating cost is being charged at the grass taxiway operating cost. I will bug report it. you should too!

[TwoCflyer]

its not something you did wrong

[TwoCflyer]

i also tested small stands and small runways. Operating cost are correct but when you demolish them the operating cost don't go away for them

[TwoCflyer]

I have also found other items like service roads with this issue. however a save exit and reload will will take away the Operational Cost to zero for anything demolished

[TwoCflyer]

I am going to test some others and bug report them if i find anymore. here is the link of my reports to the devs:

https://forum.airportceo.com/t/airport-ceo-beta-8-released-experimental/18770/162?u=twocflyer

[Krokodiel89]

Oh lord, thank you! :D I thought I was getting insane.

I started to try to get rid off planned taxiways and so on because I thought it must be that.
I will definitely give your bug report a like and report this as well.

Thank you Cflyer <3