Airport Madness: Time Machine

Airport Madness: Time Machine puts you in control of air traffic at a small grass airfield in 1925, then follows its growth into a major international airport by 1970. You manage the airport as its aircraft, runways and terminals change through aviation history.

Through the decades

The airport develops from a tiny grass field into a multi-runway wartime airfield in 1944, then into a sprawling 1970 airport with passenger jets and several terminal buildings. Along the way, you witness Lindbergh, the breaking of the sound barrier, the first passenger jet and the birth of the Boeing 737. The game also evokes early aviation, when former fighter pilots performed at air shows or offered rides, flying mail services grew popular, and aircraft such as the Curtis Jenny, Ford Tri-motor and Boeing Model 40 took to the skies. Passenger travel existed in 1925, but did not begin to develop substantially until later; World War II boosted aviation, followed by a postwar boom in passenger travel.

Levels and eras

The game has 60 levels, each lasting 5 to 15 minutes depending on your ability. Once unlocked, a level can be revisited at any time. Most of the game takes place in the 20th century, but a time portal also offers a fantasy version of 1802, imagining aviation if Leonardo da Vinci's early flying-machine designs had been built.

You can also jump ahead to 2173, where aircraft move at very high speeds and decisions must be made quickly. This imagined airport moves thousands of people in and out every minute, with faster, larger planes and more efficient operations.