How to build International Airport in Minecraft

A whole airport in one build. The terminal is a curved glass hall under a sweeping white wave of a roof, with check-in islands, a departures board, a security checkpoint and gate lounges inside. Jet bridges reach out to two twin-engine airliners at their gates, a baggage tug tows a train of carts across the apron, and a fuel truck waits by a wing. Out on the runway a four-engine jumbo jet with its famous upper-deck hump lines up for takeoff. A control tower watches over it all, and the landside has a curbside drop-off road with cabs and a shuttle bus plus a three-level parking garage. At Night the runway edge lights, approach lights, floodlit apron and glowing terminal come alive.

• DifficultyExpert
• Size155 × 114, 47 layers tall
• Blocks21,767
• Build time10+ hours
• CategoryModern Builds

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

Building tips

1. Peg out the runway, taxiway and apron first. They set the scale for everything else, and you can leave the grass between them as real grass.
2. The terminal follows a gentle curve: each column of blocks is pushed south by x squared over 320. Lay the floor first, then the two glass walls, then the roof.
3. Build the roof as one cross-section arch and repeat it along the hall, raising it a block or two toward the middle for the sweep.
4. Planes are hollow tubes. Do the fuselage rings first, then the wings as a single layer that sweeps back as it goes out, then hang the engines under them.
5. Sea lanterns set into the ground along the runway edges and centreline, plus a row of approach lights on posts, make it spectacular at night.
6. Paint the lead-in lines and gate numbers on the apron in yellow concrete so the planes look properly parked.

Step-by-step: all 47 layers

1. Layer 1 Light Gray Concrete ×3001, Gray Concrete ×2721, Smooth Quartz Block ×1083, Smooth Stone ×673, White Concrete ×604, Yellow Concrete ×262, Polished Andesite ×121, End Rod ×52, Lantern ×42, Black Concrete ×32, Iron Bars ×24, Sea Lantern ×16, Block of Iron ×11, Oak Log ×10, Redstone Lamp (lit) ×10, Glowstone ×8
2. Layer 2 Light Blue Stained Glass ×175, Gray Concrete ×173, Light Gray Concrete ×164, White Concrete ×148, Black Concrete ×98, Yellow Concrete ×86, Quartz Stairs ×72, White Stained Glass ×60, Iron Bars ×53, Smooth Quartz Block ×51, Blue Concrete ×48, Sea Lantern ×24, Block of Iron ×22, Red Concrete ×18, Oak Log ×10, Green Concrete ×6, Moss Block ×4, Block of Gold ×1
3. Layer 3 Light Gray Concrete ×238, Light Blue Stained Glass ×187, White Concrete ×157, White Stained Glass ×60, Black Stained Glass ×52, Gray Concrete ×48, Block of Iron ×42, Yellow Concrete ×39, Blue Concrete ×36, Gray Stained Glass ×28, Glass Pane ×21, Blue Stained Glass ×10, Oak Log ×10, Red Wool ×5, Black Concrete ×4, Oak Leaves ×4, Orange Wool ×4, Black Wool ×3, Blue Wool ×3, Lime Wool ×3, Orange Concrete ×2
4. Layer 4 Light Gray Concrete ×374, Light Blue Stained Glass ×187, White Concrete ×152, Blue Concrete ×64, White Stained Glass ×60, Gray Concrete ×41, Block of Iron ×34, Yellow Carpet ×30, Red Concrete ×28, Blue Carpet ×24, Black Concrete ×20, Yellow Concrete ×12, Oak Log ×10, Glass Pane ×6, Green Wool ×5, Orange Wool ×5, Red Wool ×5, Sea Lantern ×5, Oak Leaves ×4, Black Stained Glass ×2
5. Layer 5 Light Gray Concrete ×1075, White Concrete ×218, Light Blue Stained Glass ×188, Oak Leaves ×90, Blue Concrete ×46, Black Concrete ×35, Red Concrete ×13, Glass Pane ×10, Yellow Concrete ×10, Yellow Stained Glass Pane ×8, Black Stained Glass ×6, Block of Iron ×6, Gray Concrete ×6, Lime Concrete ×4, White Stained Glass Pane ×3
6. Layer 6 White Concrete ×395, Light Gray Concrete ×150, Oak Leaves ×90, Smooth Stone Slab ×87, Smooth Stone ×77, Black Concrete ×59, Cyan Concrete ×54, Red Concrete ×33, Blue Concrete ×17, Yellow Concrete ×14, Yellow Stained Glass Pane ×7, Green Concrete ×6, Black Stained Glass ×4, Glass Pane ×3, White Stained Glass Pane ×3
7. Layer 7 White Concrete ×249, Light Blue Stained Glass ×192, Light Gray Concrete ×103, Black Stained Glass ×25, Black Concrete ×23, Cyan Concrete ×14, Oak Leaves ×10, Yellow Stained Glass Pane ×9, White Stained Glass Pane ×3, Blue Concrete ×2
8. Layer 8 Light Blue Stained Glass ×193, White Concrete ×173, Light Gray Concrete ×57, Black Concrete ×47, Blue Concrete ×27, Cyan Concrete ×10, Yellow Stained Glass Pane ×8, Red Concrete ×7, Sea Lantern ×5, Black Stained Glass ×4, White Stained Glass Pane ×3
9. Layer 9 Light Gray Concrete ×723, White Concrete ×217, Light Blue Stained Glass ×192, Blue Concrete ×31, Black Concrete ×17, Cyan Concrete ×10, Red Concrete ×6
10. Layer 10 White Concrete ×241, Light Blue Stained Glass ×193, Smooth Stone ×110, Blue Concrete ×38, Red Concrete ×23, Green Concrete ×18, Black Concrete ×14, Light Gray Concrete ×13, Yellow Concrete ×12
11. Layer 11 Light Blue Stained Glass ×193, White Concrete ×132, Black Stained Glass ×36, Blue Concrete ×28, Light Gray Concrete ×26, Cyan Concrete ×10, Red Concrete ×4
12. Layer 12 Light Blue Stained Glass ×193, White Concrete ×171, Blue Concrete ×20, Cyan Concrete ×9, Sea Lantern ×8, Light Gray Concrete ×4, Red Concrete ×3, Yellow Concrete ×2
13. Layer 13 White Concrete ×212, Light Blue Stained Glass ×192, Cyan Concrete ×8, Yellow Concrete ×6, Light Gray Concrete ×4
14. Layer 14 White Concrete ×236, Light Blue Stained Glass ×157, Cyan Concrete ×7, Light Gray Concrete ×4, Yellow Concrete ×4
15. Layer 15 White Concrete ×231, Light Blue Stained Glass ×95, Light Gray Concrete ×15, Cyan Concrete ×7, Sea Lantern ×4
16. Layer 16 White Concrete ×262, Light Blue Stained Glass ×45, Sea Lantern ×28, Cyan Concrete ×6
17. Layer 17 White Concrete ×358, Light Blue Stained Glass ×50, Sea Lantern ×22, Smooth Stone Slab ×12, Cyan Concrete ×5
18. Layer 18 White Concrete ×313, Light Blue Stained Glass ×45, Cyan Concrete ×3, Yellow Concrete ×1
19. Layer 19 White Concrete ×175, Light Blue Stained Glass ×31, Light Gray Concrete ×11, Yellow Concrete ×3
20. Layer 20 White Concrete ×11, Yellow Concrete ×2, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
21. Layer 21 White Concrete ×12
22. Layer 22 White Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
23. Layer 23 Light Gray Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
24. Layer 24 White Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
25. Layer 25 White Concrete ×12
26. Layer 26 White Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
27. Layer 27 Light Gray Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
28. Layer 28 White Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
29. Layer 29 White Concrete ×12
30. Layer 30 White Concrete ×11, Light Blue Stained Glass ×1
31. Layer 31 Light Gray Concrete ×12
32. Layer 32 White Concrete ×16
33. Layer 33 White Concrete ×48
34. Layer 34 White Concrete ×97
35. Layer 35 White Concrete ×28, Sea Lantern ×2
36. Layer 36 Green Stained Glass ×32, White Concrete ×8
37. Layer 37 Green Stained Glass ×32, White Concrete ×8
38. Layer 38 Green Stained Glass ×32, White Concrete ×8
39. Layer 39 White Concrete ×177
40. Layer 40 Light Gray Concrete ×69
41. Layer 41 Iron Bars ×2
42. Layer 42 Iron Bars ×2
43. Layer 43 White Concrete ×9, Iron Bars ×1
44. Layer 44 White Concrete ×9, Iron Bars ×1
45. Layer 45 Iron Bars ×1
46. Layer 46 Iron Bars ×1
47. Layer 47 Redstone Lamp (lit) ×1

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