Aviation Club Unlock Guide for Cities: Skylines

Aviation Club
DLC	Sunset Harbor
Building Type	Unique Building
Level/Category	5
Build Cost	₡140,000
Upkeep Cost	₡1,280/week
Milestone Required	Big Town
Entertainment Value	150
Noise Pollution	150
Visitor Capacity	300

The Aviation Club is a level 5 unique building that is available with the Cities: Skylines Sunset Harbor DLC. To unlock it, you have to do a couple things:

Build an airport
Reach 10,000 population (or higher)

Note: The custom airports area that you can build with the Airports DLC counts towards this unlock. This is available starting at the Boom Town milestone.

Without the Airports DLC, you’ll have to reach the Metropolis milestone before you can unlock the ploppable airport from the base game.

Once the above requirements are met, you’ll be able to build the Aviation Club from the Level 5 tab of the Unique Buildings menu for ₡140,000.

The Aviation Club is very loud (150 noise pollution) so make sure to place it away from your residential zones!

Unlock Method #1: Ploppable Airport (No Airports DLC)

Once you reach the Metropolis milestone (16,000 – 70,000 population, depending on the map), you’ll be able to build the standard airport building from the Air Transport tab of the Transport menu. It costs ₡150,000 to build.

The ploppable Airport from the base game.

The airport requires a fairly large, flat area to build on, so you may have to use the Level Terrain landscaping tool before plopping it down.

Once you build this airport, you’ll immediately be able to build the Aviation Club (since the 10,000 population requirement has long been surpassed by this point).

Unlock Method #2: Custom Airport Area (Airports DLC)

This method allows you to build an airport much earlier in the game, since airport areas are unlocked at the Boom Town milestone (650 – 2,600 population).

Here’s how to build a basic airport area:

Step 1: Paint an Airport Area

Go to the Districts and Areas menu, select Paint Airport Area, and then paint over where you want your airport to be. Using this tool will flatten the terrain as needed, so this may cost you some money.

Painting an Airport Area.

Step 2: Build a Terminal

Within this new area, build a terminal from the Airport Area tab of the Transport menu. There are several styles you can choose from; Classic is the cheapest at 75,000.

Building a Classic Airport Terminal.

Step 3: Build a Runway

Select the Runway tool and draw a long runway in your airport area.

Constructing a runway.

Step 4: Place Aircraft Stands

Place at least one Small Aircraft Stand connected to your terminal.

Building an aircraft stand.

Step 5: Build taxiways

Select the Taxiway tool and build paths connecting your aircraft stand to your runway.

Taxiway connecting the aircraft stand to both ends of the runway.

Step 6: Add the necessary roads and utilities

Connect your airport terminal to your road network, and build water pipes and power lines as needed.

Since it is possible to build this airport area before reaching a 10,000 population, you may still need to grow your population to fulfill the second requirement for unlocking the Aviation Club.

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