Changes: Francis International Airport (3D Universe)

Latest revision as of 21:25, 9 April 2024

For the HD Universe equivalent, see Francis International Airport (HD Universe).

FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-mainterminal — The main FIA terminal in 2001. (*GTA III*)

FrancisIntl — The main FIA terminal in 1998. (*GTA Liberty City Stories*)

Francis International Airport (FIA), also referred to as Liberty International Airport ^[1], is an airport located in Shoreside Vale, Liberty City. The airport has made frequent appearances where Liberty City is used as a primary or secondary setting, including Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, as well as a cameo in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Description

The official website of GTA III offers a brief insight into the airport's history and facilities:

“

Liberty City's Gateway To The World. Where we meet new friends and prodigal sons. Francis International has proudly served all of Liberty City's transportation needs since 1953. For the executive traveler, relax in our business class lounge, or enjoy a pre-flight drink in DODO'S, our cocktail lounge. With hundreds of shops and services, Francis International is airport to the stars. 100's of domestic and international destinations served including: London, San Andreas, Vice City, Miami, Bogota, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Toronto, Leith and Tokyo. Fares Starting as Low as $ 69 Each Way.

”

— GTA III Website.

FIA does not have a single inspiration for its design, incorporating an original terminal design (the frontal terminal building is a largely unadorned, blocky structure), as well as featuring an extension similar to Los Angeles International's Theme Building. Francis International could be based on Newark Airport, judging by the location on the map. Francis International is also connected to the Liberty City Subway, via a stop located southeast of the main terminal and an adjoining square that features a statue bearing the following inscription: "For those who fought for freedom 1936". In GTA III this statue dons a traffic cone on its head, removable only by shooting an RPG at it. The cone will return to its original place the next time the player returns to the statue.

A fire station is situated near the entrance to the rear of the airport, as such; a Fire Truck is always available from there. Opposite is a car park which has various spawned cars. The infamous half-winged Dodo is also in one of the hangars and next to a helipad, notorious for the level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.

The runways and hangars of the airport contain many airliners, but they are just static objects and therefore are inoperable. GTA III also features static, unobtainable helicopters in addition to the airliners, appearing in news, rescue and civilian (with a Rockstar Games logo) versions. In Liberty City Stories, some of the airliners can be viewed taking off and landing and taxiing around the runways. Colliding with a taxiing plane can destroy the vehicle Toni is riding in and potentially be fatal to him.

The airport's interior makes a brief appearance in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, when it is featured during the first cutscene of the game. While the interior is found to be situated in the Hidden Interiors Universe, the location also comes with an exterior of the airport with a roadway, appearing to resemble the airport's exterior in Grand Theft Auto III, which appears for a while, when Carl Johnson goes from airport in a taxi.

The airport also exists in Grand Theft Auto Advance. The player can still see (and get near) the non-enterable planes around the airport, most of them low-textured planes similar to the Boeing 747. There are also other small red planes and helicopters around the airport, but are inaccessible due to the top-down perspective.

Prominent Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

In the Beginning (cameo)

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Pickups

Grand Theft Auto III

Flamethrower – Underneath the west end of the Shoreside Lift Bridge (near the spray-painted wall).
Health – North of the west part of the small runway, between two yellow-striped ramps, along with an Adrenaline pill.
Body Armor – Atop the road tunnel entrance next to the airport.
Police Bribes
- In the middle of the plane parking area.
- By the east side of the small pool (with the statue) near the Francis International Airport subway entrance.
Adrenaline – Between the middle and the right striped concrete ramps southwest of the plane parking area.

Gallery

Trivia

The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged Dodo parked in the airport's runway.
The FIA's main terminal is reused in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories in the form of the northern extension for the Escobar International Airport in Vice City.
In the beta version, FIA was originally located in Staunton Island.
Several parked helicopters in Grand Theft Auto III feature a Rockstar logo on their fuselage. This marking is also visible on the helicopter on the helipad of Kenji's Casino.

External Link

Official Francis International Airport website (GTA III)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Hangar signs in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories.

Navigation

[ v • e ]Airports in the 3D Universe
Liberty City	Francis International Airport
Vice City	Escobar International Airport
San Andreas	Los Santos International Airport \| Easter Bay Airport \| Las Venturas Airport \| Verdant Meadows Airfield

[ v • e ]Neighborhoods and areas in Grand Theft Auto III, Liberty City Stories and Advance.
Portland	Atlantic Quays • Callahan Point • Chinatown • Harwood • Hepburn Heights • Portland Beach • Portland Harbor • Portland View • Red Light District • Saint Mark's • Trenton
Staunton Island	Aspatria • Bedford Point • Belleville Park • Fort Staunton • Liberty Campus • Newport • Rockford • Torrington
Shoreside Vale	Cedar Grove • Cochrane Dam • Francis International Airport • Pike Creek • Wichita Gardens

[Liberty_International_Airport-1] 1.0 ^1.1
Hangar signs in both GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories.

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-''For GTA IV equivalent see [[Francis International Airport, Dukes]]
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Francis International Airport}}{{Disambiglink|For the [[HD Universe]] equivalent, see [[Francis International Airport (HD Universe)]].}}
+{{Infobox location
+|airport=y
+|name=Francis International Airport
+|sign=Francis-International-Airport-Logo (3D Universe).png
+|altnames = Liberty International Airport <ref name="Liberty International Airport">[[File:Liberty-International-Airport-Logo, III.PNG|100px]]<br>Hangar signs in both ''GTA III'' and ''GTA Liberty City Stories''.</ref>
+|image=<gallery>
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII.png|2001
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTALCS.png|1998
+</gallery>
+|games=''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
+|location = [[Shoreside Vale]], [[Liberty City (3D Universe)|Liberty City]]
+|runways=2
+|map           =
+<gallery>
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-Map.png|Francis International Airport
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-MapFull.png|Liberty City
+</gallery>
+|map_caption   = Location on the map (red) in ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''.
+|map2           =
+<gallery>
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTALCS-Map.png|Francis International Airport
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTALCS-MapFull.png|Liberty City
+</gallery>
+|map_caption2   = Location on the map (red) in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''.
+|map3           =
+<gallery>
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAA-Map.png|Francis International Airport
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAA-MapFull.png|Liberty City
+</gallery>
+|map_caption3   = Location on the map (red) in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]''.
+|pscanner       = PoliceScanner-GTAIII-FrancisInternational.ogg
+}}
+[[Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-mainterminal.jpg|thumb|right|351px|The main FIA terminal in 2001. (''GTA III'')]]
+[[Image:FrancisIntl.png|thumb|right|351px|The main FIA terminal in 1998. (''GTA Liberty City Stories'')]]
+'''Francis International Airport''' (FIA), also referred to as '''Liberty International Airport''' <ref name="Liberty International Airport"></ref>, is an airport located in [[Shoreside Vale]], [[Liberty City (3D Universe)|Liberty City]]. The airport has made frequent appearances where Liberty City is used as a primary or secondary setting, including ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]'', as well as a cameo in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''.
-''[[Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-mainterminal.jpg|thumb|right|351px|The main FIA terminal in GTA III.]]
-'''Francis International Airport''' (FIA) is an airport situated in the [[GTA III Era]] rendition of [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]], specifically in southern [[Shoreside Vale]]. The airport had made frequent appearances where Liberty City is used as a primary or secondary setting, including [[Grand Theft Auto III]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], as well as a cameo in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
-== Description ==
+==Description==
-The official website of GTA III offers a brief insight into the airport's history and facilities:
+The official website of ''GTA III'' offers a brief insight into the airport's history and facilities:
-{{quote|''Liberty City's Gateway To The World. Where we meet new friends and prodigal sons. Francis International has proudly served all of Liberty City's transportation needs since 1953. For the executive traveler, relax in our business class lounge, or enjoy a pre-flight drink in DODO'S, our cocktail lounge. With hundreds of shops and services, Francis International is airport to the stars. 100's of domestic and international destinations served including: London, San Andreas, Vice City, Miami, Bogota, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Toronto, Leith and Tokyo. Fares Starting as Low as $[[69]] Each Way.|GTA III Website.}}
+{{Quote|Liberty City's Gateway To The World. Where we meet new friends and prodigal sons. Francis International has proudly served all of Liberty City's transportation needs since 1953. For the executive traveler, relax in our business class lounge, or enjoy a pre-flight drink in DODO'S, our cocktail lounge. With hundreds of shops and services, Francis International is airport to the stars. 100's of domestic and international destinations served including: London, San Andreas, Vice City, Miami, Bogota, Amsterdam, Bangkok, Toronto, Leith and Tokyo. Fares Starting as Low as $ [[69]] Each Way.|''GTA III'' Website.}}
-FIA does not have a single inspiration for its design, incorporating an original terminal design (the frontal terminal building is a largely unadorned, blocky structure), as well as featuring an extension similar to [[wp:Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles International's]] [[wp:Theme Building|Theme Building]]. Francis International is also connected to the [[Subway in GTA III|Liberty City Subway]], via a [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|stop located southeast of the main terminal]] and an adjoining square that features a statue bearing the following inscription: "For those who fought for freedom 1936". In GTA III this statue dons a traffic cone on its head, removable only by shooting an [[RPG]] at it. The cone will return to its original place the next time you come back.
+FIA does not have a single inspiration for its design, incorporating an original terminal design (the frontal terminal building is a largely unadorned, blocky structure), as well as featuring an extension similar to {{WP|Los Angeles International Airport|Los Angeles International's}} {{WP|Theme Building}}. Francis International could be based on Newark Airport, judging by the location on the map. Francis International is also connected to the [[Subway in GTA III|Liberty City Subway]], via a [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|stop located southeast of the main terminal]] and an adjoining square that features a statue bearing the following inscription: "For those who fought for freedom 1936". In ''GTA III'' this statue dons a traffic cone on its head, removable only by shooting an [[Rocket Launcher|RPG]] at it. The cone will return to its original place the next time the player returns to the statue.
-A fire station is situated near the entrance to the rear of the airport, as such, a [[Fire Truck]] is always available from there. Opposite is a car park which has various spawned cars. The infamous half-winged [[Dodo]] is also in one of the hangars and next to a helipad, notorious for the level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.
+A fire station is situated near the entrance to the rear of the airport, as such; a [[Fire Truck]] is always available from there. Opposite is a car park which has various spawned cars. The infamous half-winged [[Dodo]] is also in one of the hangars and next to a helipad, notorious for the level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.
-The runways and hangars of the airport contain many [[Airtrain|airliners]], but they are just static objects and therefore are inoperable. GTA III also features [[Police Helicopter (GTA III)|static, unobtainable helicopters]] in addition to the airliners, appearing in news, rescue and civilian (with a [[Rockstar Games]] logo) versions. In Liberty City Stories, some of the airliners can be viewed taking off and landing and taxiing around the runways. Colliding with a taxiing plane can destroy the vehicle Toni is riding in and potentially be fatal to him.
+The runways and hangars of the airport contain many [[Airtrain|airliners]], but they are just static objects and therefore are inoperable. ''GTA III'' also features [[Police Helicopter (GTA III)|static, unobtainable helicopters]] in addition to the airliners, appearing in news, rescue and civilian (with a [[Rockstar Games]] logo) versions. In ''Liberty City Stories'', some of the airliners can be viewed taking off and landing and taxiing around the runways. Colliding with a taxiing plane can destroy the vehicle Toni is riding in and potentially be fatal to him.
-The airport's interior makes a brief appearance in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], when it is featured during the [[First Mission (GTA SA)|first cutscene of the game]]. While the interior is found to be situated in the [[Hidden Interiors Universe]], the location also comes with an unused exterior of the airport with a roadway, appearing to resemble the airport's exterior in [[Grand Theft Auto III]].
+The airport's interior makes a brief appearance in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', when it is featured during the [[In the Beginning|first cutscene of the game]]. While the interior is found to be situated in the [[Hidden Interiors Universe]], the location also comes with an exterior of the airport with a roadway, appearing to resemble the airport's exterior in ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'', which appears for a while, when [[Carl Johnson]] goes from airport in a taxi.
-The airport also exists in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], although most of it, including the runways, isn´t reachable by the player. However, the player can still see (and get near) the non-enterable planes around the airport, most of them low-textured planes similar to the [[wp:Boeing 747|Boeing 747]]. There are also other small red planes around the airport resembling the [[Dodo]].
+The airport also exists in ''[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]''. The player can still see (and get near) the [[Airtrain|non-enterable planes]] around the airport, most of them low-textured planes similar to the {{WP|Boeing 747}}. There are also other [[Dodo|small red planes]] and [[Static Helicopters|helicopters]] around the airport, but are inaccessible due to the [[top-down perspective]].
+==Prominent Mission Appearances==
-==Gallery==
+===''Grand Theft Auto III''===
-<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180">
+*[[Grand Theft Aero]]
-Új Bitkép.JPG|Billboard in GTA III (high quality)
+*[[Marked Man]]
-FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-northeastwards.jpg|The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast, GTA III.
+*[[Espresso-2-Go!]]
-FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-statue.jpg|The statue and square close to [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|the nearby subway station]], with Staunton island in view, GTA III.
+*[[S.A.M.]]
-FIAfirestation-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The exterior [[Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station beside the airport, GTA III.
-FIA-GTASA-exterior.jpg|The front terminal of the FIA in GTA San Andreas. The interior can be seen through the bottom floor windows
-FIA arrivalsboard.jpg|The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.
-FIA (GTALCS).jpg|The airport in GTA Liberty City Stories (1998).
-PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] arriving at Francis International in GTA Liberty City Stories.
-FIA 1.JPG|A screencap from Francis International Airport in GTA Advance
-FIA 2.JPG|Another screencap from GTA Advance version of FIA
-Francis_Int__Airport,_Shoreside_Vale,_III.png|Picture of an [[Airtrain]] landing at the airport runway
-</gallery>
+===''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas''===
-== Trivia ==
+*[[In the Beginning]] <small>(cameo)</small>
-* The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged [[Dodo]] parked in the airport's runway.
-* The FIA's main terminal is reused in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]] in the form of the northern extension for the [[Escobar International Airport]] in [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]].
-* In the beta version, FIA was originally located in [[Staunton Island]].
-== See also ==
+===''Grand Theft Auto Advance''===
+*[[Mystery Killer]]
-* [[Francis International Airport, Dukes]], GTA IV equivalent.
+*[[Decoy Disaster]]
+*[[Truth Revealed]]
+*[[Smackdown (GTA Advance)|Smackdown]]
+*[[Freedom Flies]]
+===''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories''===
-[[File:GTA Advance Messing in Francis Intl Airport|thumb|right|335px]]
+*[[Panlantic Land Grab]]
+*[[Morgue Party Resurrection]]
+*[[Love on the Run]]
-==External links==
+==Pickups==
+===''Grand Theft Auto III''===
-* [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/francisAirport/ Official Francis International Airport website] (GTA III)
+*[[Flamethrower]] – Underneath the west end of the [[Shoreside Lift Bridge]] (near the spray-painted wall).
+*[[Health]] – North of the west part of the small runway, between two yellow-striped ramps, along with an Adrenaline pill.
+*[[Body Armor]] – Atop the road tunnel entrance next to the airport.
+*[[Police Bribes]]
+**In the middle of the plane parking area.
+**By the east side of the small pool (with the statue) near the Francis International Airport subway entrance.
+*[[Adrenaline]] – Between the middle and the right striped concrete ramps southwest of the plane parking area.
+==Gallery==
-{{Gtaiii areas}}
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small">
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-northeastwards.jpg|The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast, 2001. (''GTA III'').
+FrancisIntAirport-GTA3-ShoresideVale.png|Picture of an [[Airtrain]] landing at the airport runway
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-statue.jpg|The statue and square close to [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|the nearby subway station]], with Staunton island in view, 2001 (''GTA III'').
+FIAfirestation-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The exterior [[Liberty City Fire Department (3D Universe)|Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station beside the airport, 2001 (''GTA III'').
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-Billboard.jpg|Billboard advertising the airport in 2001. (''GTA III'')
+FIA-GTASA-exterior.jpg|The front terminal of the FIA in 1992. The interior can be seen through the bottom floor windows. (''GTA San Andreas'')
+FIA arrivalsboard.jpg|The arrival flights in the 1992 depiction of the airport. (''GTA San Andreas'')
+FrancisIntlMap GTAA.jpg|The airport map in ''GTA Advance''.
+FIA-GTALCS.jpg|'''Francis International Airport''' as depicted in 1998. (''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'')
+PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] arriving at '''Francis International''' in 1998. (''GTA Liberty City Stories'')
+Liberty-International-Airport-Logo, III.PNG|Another logo, can be found in hangar
+HS748 LCS.png|Propeller aircraft in 1998, similiar to the Hawker Siddeley 748. (''GTA Liberty City Stories'')
+AveryHangar GTALCS.png|[[Avery Carrington]]'s hangar in 1998. (''GTA Liberty City Stories'')
+FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-InTheBeginning.jpg|Baggage check-in desk seen in the introductory cutscene. (''GTA San Andreas'')
+</gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged [[Dodo]] parked in the airport's runway.
+*The FIA's main terminal is reused in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]'' in the form of the northern extension for the [[Escobar International Airport]] in [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]].
+*In the beta version, FIA was originally located in [[Staunton Island]].
+*Several parked helicopters in ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'' feature a [[Rockstar Games|Rockstar]] logo on their fuselage. This marking is also visible on the helicopter on the helipad of [[Kenji's Casino]].
+==See Also==
-[[de:Francis International Airport (III, A & LCS)]]
+*[[Francis International Airport (HD Universe)|Francis International Airport]], HD Universe equivalent.
-[[ru:Международный Аэропорт Фрэнсиса, Шорсайд Вейл]]
-[[Category:Areas in Shoreside Vale]]
-[[Category:Airports]]
-[[Category:Areas]]
+==External Link==
+*[http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/francisAirport/ Official Francis International Airport website] (''GTA III'')
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
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+[[de:Francis International Airport (III, A & LCS)]]
+[[ru:Международный аэропорт имени Фрэнсиса вселенной 3D]]
+[[hu:Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale]]
 [[es:Aeropuerto internacional Francis]]
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+[[nl:Francis International Airport]]
 [[pl:Lotnisko Międzynarodowe Francis]]
+[[pt:Francis International Airport]]
+[[Category:Airports]]
+[[Category:Locations in GTA San Andreas]]
+[[Category:Locations in GTA III in Shoreside Vale]]
+[[Category:Neighborhoods]]
+[[Category:Locations in GTA Liberty City Stories in Shoreside Vale]]
+[[Category:Locations in GTA Advance in Shoreside Vale]]

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Changes: Francis International Airport (3D Universe)

Latest revision as of 21:25, 9 April 2024

Contents

Description

Prominent Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto Advance

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Pickups

Grand Theft Auto III

Gallery

Trivia

See Also

External Link

References

Navigation