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[[File:Runway_old.png|400px]] [[File:Runway_new.png|400px]] <br/><br/>
Runway is used for airplanes landing and takeoff and it is second mandatory piece of an airport. Each airport must have runway at least 3 tiles long (some [[Aircraft| '''airplanes''']] require longer runway, but the 3 is the absolute minimum) and at least one terminal. Runway is bi-directional and can accommodate always only single airplane.
[[File:Runway_free.png|left|200px]] [[File:Runway_busy.png|right|200px]]
It works in a similar way as railway block signal and you can detect the status of a runway in construction mode by the color of the runway lights. Departing plane blocks the runway at the moment it enters it, while the landing airplane reserves it when it is 4 squares from the airport. If an airplane arrives and (all) runways are occupied, the airplane starts to circle above the airport and checks the status of the runway every time it is in the position (during the circle) from which it can land. Moreover, the arriving airplane checks the availability of the terminal. If all terminals are occupied by other airplanes, it again starts circling the airport until one of the terminals become available.
[[File:Taxiway_old.png|400px]] [[File:Taxiway_new.png|400px]] <br/><br/>
Taxiways are roadways for airplanes within the airport limits, usually connecting runways and terminals. All taxiways are always ''one way roads'', remember it when you are building the road structure of the airport. The direction of the traffic on the taxiway is marked by the yellow arrowhead in the centre of the taxiway.
[[File:Taxi_wrong.png|left|200px]] [[File:Taxi_good.png|right|200px]]
<br/>If you connect your terminal to the runway by single lane taxiway (picture on the left), it will not work. The airplanes can enter the terminal, but there is no way for the airplane to leave on one-way taxiway. You must build the exit taxiway as well (picture on the right). Choosing the direction of traffic on the taxiway is done by direction where you drag the mouse while building it, in the same way like building one-way roads.
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[[File:Warning_taxi.png|left|200px]]
<br/>To help you remembering to build both taxiways, the game shows little triangle warning sign if there is the second direction of the taxiway missing. <br/>
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Also, the taxiway can accommodate multiple airplanes. They will line up either in front of a runway while departing one-by-one, or at the last intersection before all occupied terminals in waiting for any terminal becoming available. Moreover, taxiways can cross each other, so you can build quite complex roadways within the airport.
Similarly like the runways, you cannot place a bridge over it but you can build a tunnel underneath.
