Easter Bay International Airport
Easter Bay International Airport Entrance
Easter Bay International Airport is based on real-life San Francisco International Airport. It is located in San Fierro, San Andreas, and is the largest airport in the state. It is situated at the southeastern corner of the city, just east of Foster Valley and a major freeway, and just south of Easter Basin. From here, the player can purchase flights to and from Los Santos International Airport and Las Venturas Airport, but no flights actually take off or land without the player instigating it. As befits a busy airport, there are numerous aircraft parked in various locations, and Baggage carts trundling about. No aircraft take off or land, besides those controlled by the player or flights instigated by the player.
There are three main points of ground vehicle entry to the airport - the first is through the underground parking lot which terminates behind the control tower where the helicopters are; the others are through two direct freight ramps in the centre of the airport, one leading to the runway, the other to the hangars. One note: the gates governing these points of entry are only accessible once the player has passed Flying School and is considered a pilot. Through ingenuity, the player can access the tarmac, but all aircraft are locked until pilot status is achieved, with the exception of the Maverick in the area near the hangars.
This airport is modeled after San Francisco International Airport, which is located several miles south of the city. The main landing strip of Easter Bay Airport (pictured) extends out into Easter Bay, a distinguishing feature of San Francisco International Airport, whose main tarmac extends into San Francisco Bay. The airport is situated on an artificial island connected to the mainland by a small land bridge that provides the only road access. This island is referred to in a GTA IV website as Easter Bay Island, although this name is never used in GTA San Andreas.
The airport as viewed from atop Easter Tunnel
An airline pilot in Easter Basin
Weapons
- Between the large cylindrical storage tanks just south of the northeastern-most hangars
Stationary Vehicles
- To the immediate northeast of the southern-most hangars
- To the immediate north of the eastern-most hangars; to the southeast of the control tower
- Adjacent to the Leviathan - immediately southeast of the control tower
- Dodo (2)
- One in each of the pair of hangars on the south side of the airport, closest to the terminal
- Inside the eastern-most of the pair of hangars on the south side of the airport, closest to the terminal
- Directly east of the south end of the terminal; north of the Maverick
- Shamal (3)
- Two immediately adjacent to the south end of the terminal
- One outside the southern-most of the pair of hangars at the northeast end of the airport
- Northwest end of the airport, at the end of the main landing strip
- Parked next to the control tower at the north end of the airport
- Blista Compact (only when wanted for export)
- Parked next to the small building at the extreme southwestern corner of the airport
- Between the two eastern-most hangars among the group of buildings at the very south end of the airport
- Utility Van (3)
- All three parked on the east side of the terminal
- Baggage (3)
- Two parked on the east side of the terminal
- One parked near the Maverick and NRG-500 at the southeastern corner of the airport
- Coastguard (10)
- One moored at each of the wooden slips situated around the exterior of the airport
Other
- In the grass at the southwestern corner of the street intersection closest to the airport
- Three snapshots
- Two Unique jumps