Infra Expansion to extend runway

[LemonButt]

There are lots of viable airports geographically that are less viable due to runway length.  Many of the infra2 airports, for example, only have runways that are 2400m when most very large aircraft (infra3+ capable) require runways up to 3000m.  So the feature request is simple--when an airport goes from infra2 to infra3, extend the runway by 100m.  Infrastructure after all isn't just gates, but also runways/taxiways/etc. to handle more traffic.

As airports go from infra3 to 4++ they should just extend the runway 100m for each level until it reaches 3000m (let's not get too crazy).  This would make airports like Long Island/Westchester (NYC), Meacham (DFW), and a bunch of airports in Europe viable options for cargo/CBD ops to compete with the majors (something not modeled in to the real world runway lengths).

[Amelie090904]

From a gameplay perspective I totally get your point. But just because airports want/need to expand their runways, it's simply not always possible. In the case of Westchester there is a highway to the north and buildings to the south and west. To the east there is a golf course.

[LemonButt]

From a gameplay perspective I totally get your point. But just because airports want/need to expand their runways, it's simply not always possible. In the case of Westchester there is a highway to the north and buildings to the south and west. To the east there is a golf course.

The fifth runway at ATL cost $1.3 billion and the middle of the runway is a bridge going over a major highway (I-285) and in Japan they built Osaka Kansai on an artificial island.  If we are going to get strict with runways, Heathrow and Hong Kong with 2 runways should have less than half the slots of ATL with 5 runways, Amsterdam with 6, DFW with 7 runways, and O'Hare with 8.  If airports are expanding their terminals with more gates, there is a good chance they are also expanding runways and it's not far fetched that every airport is "expandable" with enough demand and engineering.