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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".
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.
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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.
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====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.
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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]].
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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 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]].
* 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]].


==Gallery==
===GTA III===
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Image:FIAfirestation-GTA3-exterior.jpg|The exterior [[Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station beside the airport, GTA III.
Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-statue.jpg|The statue and square close to [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|the nearby subway station]], with [[Staunton Island]] in view.
Image:FIA-GTAIII-parking.jpg|Aerial view of the airport carpark in GTA III.
Image:ShoresideTerminal-GTAIII-entrance.jpg|Entrance to the [[Shoreside Terminal LCS|Francis International Airport subway station]].
Image:FIA 1.JPG|A screencap from Francis International Airport in GTA Advance.
Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTA3-northeastwards.jpg|The rear design of the airport, as viewed from its tarmac towards the northeast.
Image:FIA 2.JPG|Another screencap from GTA Advance version of FIA.
Image:FIAfirestation-GTA3-exterior.jpg|A [[Liberty City Fire Department]] fire station adjoining the airport.
Image:FIA-GTAIII-parking.jpg|Aerial view of the airport carpark.
Image:LibertyInternationalAirport-Logo.png|The airport's official logo.
Image:SeeYouInMiami-GTAIII-Advert.jpg|An advertising in Staunton of the airport, promoting a trip to Miami with the motto "See You In Miami".
Image:FIA-GTAIII-hangar.jpg|The hangar where the corpse of Avery Carrington is brought to in "[[Morgue Party Resurrection]]" in GTA Liberty City Stories.
Image:Francis Int Airport, Shoreside Vale, III.png|An [[Airtrain]] landing at one of FIA's runway.
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==Roles in other games==
=== GTA San Andreas ===
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]].
 
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Image:Picture 460.jpg|The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.
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.
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.
Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-Interior.jpg|Interior of the airport in GTA SA.
Image:FrancisInternationalAirport-GTASA-Interior.jpg|Interior of the airport in GTA SA.
Image:Picture 460.jpg|The arrival flights in the GTA San Andreas depiction of the airport.
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=== GTA Advance ===
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Image:FIA 1.JPG|The airport's runway, depicting small airplanes resembling full-winged [[Dodo]]s.
Image:FIA 2.JPG|The airport's runway, depicting a larger commercial jetliner.
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==Gallery==
===GTA Liberty City Stories ===
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Image:LibertyInternationalAirport-Logo.png|another sign indicating the name of the airport
Image:FIA-GTALCS-mainterminal.jpg|The main terminal.
Image:SeeYouInMiami-GTAIII-Advert.jpg|An announcement of the airport, promoting a trip to Miami with the motto "See You In Miami".
Image:FIA-(GTALCS).jpg|View of the airport's tarmac area.
Image:PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS3.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] arriving at Francis International in GTA Liberty City Stories.
Image:PanlanticLandGrab-GTALCS3.jpg|[[Avery Carrington]] exiting Francis International during "[[Panlantic Land Grab]]".
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
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== 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 ==
== 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 ==
== Reference ==
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