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Francis International Airport
Information
Appearances	Grand Theft Auto III; Grand Theft Auto Advance; Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories;
Owner	City of Liberty
Location	Shoreside Vale
In use	1953 – present
Hub for	DMAir Rockstar; McAdam Airways; Juank Air;
Website	Francis International Airport website

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Francis International Airport (FIA), also simply known as Francis International by the LCPD dispatcher, is an airport situated in the GTA III Era rendition of 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, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, as well as a cameo in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The airport is also called Liberty International Airport based on one sign located at the rear of the airport terminal.

Description

The official website of GTA III^[1] 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 national 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.

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 is also connected to the Liberty City Subway, via a stop located southeast of the main terminal and an adjoining square that features a sculpture bearing the following inscription: "For those who fought for freedom 1936".

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 it's level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.

As usual, the airport is also depicted in the Grand Theft Auto Advance rendition of Liberty City. The player can still access the tarmac of the airport, which is dotted with low textured props of planes similar to the Boeing 747 and a full-winged Dodo, but will be unable to enter the runways.

Roles in other games

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 unused exterior of the airport with a roadway, appearing to resemble the airport's exterior in Grand Theft Auto III.

Trivia

The square's statue dons a traffic cone on its head in GTA III. The only way to get it off is to a launch an RPG at the head, and the cone will blow up. However, it will reappear the next time you return to the statue.
The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged Dodo parked in the airports 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. Likewise, the building model of the Theme Building segment was recycled for Los Santos International.

Gallery

GTA III

The airport's official logo.
The statue and square close to the nearby subway station, with Staunton Island in view.
Entrance to the Francis International Airport subway station.
The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast.
A Liberty City Fire Department fire station adjoining the airport.
Aerial view of the airport carpark.
An Airtrain landing at one of FIA's runway.
An advertising in Staunton of the airport, promoting a trip to Miami with the motto "See You In Miami".

GTA San Andreas

The front terminal of the FIA in GTA San Andreas. The interior can be seen through the bottom floor windows.
Interior of the airport in GTA SA.
The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.

GTA Advance

The airport's runway, depicting small airplanes resembling full-winged Dodos.
The airport's runway, depicting a larger commercial jetliner.

GTA Liberty City Stories

The main terminal.
View of the airport's tarmac area.
Avery Carrington exiting Francis International during "Panlantic Land Grab".
The hangar where the corpse of Avery Carrington is brought to in "Morgue Party Resurrection" in GTA Liberty City Stories.

Reference

↑ Official Francis International Airport website (GTA III)

[1] Official Francis International Airport website (GTA III)

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 {{Infobox airport
 |name = Francis International Airport
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+|image = FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-mainterminal.jpg
 | bg_color = #EB4315
 |Appearances =
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 *[[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]
 *[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
+</div>
 |Owner = [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|City of Liberty]]
 |Location = [[Shoreside Vale]]
-|In use = [[1953]] - present
+|In use = [[1953]] – present
 |Hub for =
 <div>
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 *[[McAdam Airways]]
 *[[Juank Air]]
+</div>
 |Website = [http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/flash/francisAirport/ Francis International Airport website]
 }}
-'''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]]. The airport is also called '''Liberty International Airport''' based on one sign located on the inside of the airport terminal.
+'''Francis International Airport''' ('''FIA'''), also simply known as '''Francis International''' by the [[LCPD in GTA III Era|LCPD]] [[Emergency Vehicle Radio|dispatcher]], 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]], [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], as well as a cameo in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. The airport is also called '''Liberty International Airport''' based on one sign located at the rear of the airport terminal.
 == Description ==
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 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 [[Liberty City War Memorial|sculpture]] bearing the following inscription: "For those who fought for freedom 1936".
-====GTA III====
+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 it's level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.
-{| align="center"
-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180" captionalign="left">
-Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-statue.jpg|The statue and square close to [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|the nearby subway station]], with [[Staunton Island]] in view, GTA III.
-Image:ShoresideTerminal-GTAIII-entrance.jpg|The entrance of the station.
-Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-northeastwards.jpg|The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast, GTA III.
-</gallery>
-|}
-====GTA: Liberty City Stories====
+As usual, the airport is also depicted in the Grand Theft Auto Advance rendition of Liberty City. The player can still access the tarmac of the airport, which is dotted with low textured props of planes similar to the [[:wp:Boeing 747|Boeing 747]] and a full-winged Dodo, but will be unable to enter the runways.
-{| align="center"
-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180" captionalign="left">
-Image:FIA-GTALCS-mainterminal.jpg|The main terminal in GTA LCS.
+=== Roles in other games ===
-Image:FIA-(GTALCS).jpg|The airport in GTA Liberty City Stories (1998).
+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]].
-</gallery>
-|}
-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 it's level of skill required of the player to actually fly it.
+== Trivia ==
+* The square's statue dons a traffic cone on its head in GTA III. The only way to get it off is to a launch an RPG at the head, and the cone will blow up. However, it will reappear the next time you return to the statue.
+* The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged [[Dodo]] parked in the airports 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]]. Likewise, the building model of the Theme Building segment was recycled for [[Los Santos International Airport in GTA III Era|Los Santos International]].
-The airport also exists in Grand Theft Auto Advance, altrough most of it, including the runways, isn´t reachable by the player. Besides that, the player can still see (And get near) the non-enterable planes around the airport, most of them low textured planes similiar to the [[wp:Boeing 747|Boeing 747]]. There are also other small red planes around the airport resembling the [[Dodo]].
+== Gallery ==
+; GTA III
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="160">
+File:LibertyInternationalAirport-GTAIII-logo.png|The airport's official logo.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-statue.jpg|The statue and square close to [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|the nearby subway station]], with [[Staunton Island]] in view.
+File:ShoresideTerminal-GTAIII-entrance.jpg|Entrance to the [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|Francis International Airport subway station]].
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-northeastwards.jpg|The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast.
+File:FIAfirestation-GTAIII-exterior.jpg|A [[Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station adjoining the airport.
+File:FIA-GTAIII-parking.jpg|Aerial view of the airport carpark.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAIII-Airtrain.png|An [[Airtrain]] landing at one of FIA's runway.
+File:SeeYouInMiami-GTAIII-Advert.jpg|An advertising in Staunton of the airport, promoting a trip to Miami with the motto "See You In Miami".
+</gallery>
-{| align="center"
+; GTA San Andreas
-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180" captionalign="left">
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="160">
-Image:FIAfirestation-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The exterior [[Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station beside the airport, GTA III.
+File:FIA-GTASA-exterior.jpg|The front terminal of the FIA in GTA San Andreas. The interior can be seen through the bottom floor windows.
-Image:FIA-GTAIII-parking.jpg|Aerial view of the airport carpark in GTA III.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-Interior.jpg|Interior of the airport in GTA SA.
-Image:FIA 1.JPG|A screencap from Francis International Airport in GTA Advance.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-arrivals.jpg|The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.
-Image:FIA 2.JPG|Another screencap from GTA Advance version of FIA.
 </gallery>
-|}
-==Roles in other games==
-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]].
-{| align="center"
+; GTA Advance
-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180" captionalign="left">
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="2" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="160">
-Image:Picture 460.jpg|The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAA.jpg|The airport's runway, depicting small airplanes resembling full-winged [[Dodo|Dodos]].
-Image:FIA-GTASA-exterior.jpg|The front terminal of the FIA in GTA San Andreas. The interior can be seen through the bottom floor windows.
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTAA2.jpg|The airport's runway, depicting a larger commercial jetliner.
-Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-Interior.jpg|Interior of the airport in GTA SA.
 </gallery>
-|}
+; GTA Liberty City Stories
-==Gallery==
+<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;text-align:left" widths="160">
-{| align="center"
+File:FIA-GTALCS-mainterminal.jpg|The main terminal.
-|<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="180" captionalign="left">
+File:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTALCS-tarmac.jpg|View of the airport's tarmac area.
-Image:LibertyInternationalAirport-Logo.png|another sign indicating the name of the airport
+File:PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS3.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] exiting Francis International during "[[Panlantic Land Grab]]".
-Image:SeeYouInMiami-GTAIII-Advert.jpg|An announcement of the airport, promoting a trip to Miami with the motto "See You In Miami".
+File:FIA-GTALCS-MorguePartyResurrectionhangar.jpg|The hangar where the corpse of Avery Carrington is brought to in "[[Morgue Party Resurrection]]" in GTA Liberty City Stories.
-Image:PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS3.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] arriving at Francis International in GTA Liberty City Stories.
-Image:FIA-GTAIII-hangar.jpg|Avery Carrington hangar in GTA III
-Image:Francis Int Airport, Shoreside Vale, III.png|Picture of a [[Airtrain]] landing at the airport runway
 </gallery>
-|}
-== Trivia ==
-* The square's statue dons a traffic cone on its head in GTA III. The only way to get it off is to a launch an RPG at the head, and the cone will blow up. However, it will reappear the next time you return to the statue.
-* The pre-flight bar is called DODO's, a reference to the half-winged [[Dodo]] parked in the airports 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]].
 == See also ==
-* [[Francis International Airport in GTA IV Era]], GTA IV equivalent.
+* [[Francis International Airport in GTA IV Era|Francis International Airport in GTA IV canon]].
 == Reference ==