I started already a thread concerning Namibia, but as it is probably more useful to have just one thread, I thought to create this one. The aim of it is to improve the airports in Africa inside Airline Club. As patson considers it the most useful, I restrict myself here by proposing corrections for the scales for existing airports. I start here with Southern Africa.
SOUTHERN AFRICASOUTH AFRICA
DUR King Shaka Intl Durban
3 -> 4DUR is served by B777 by Emirates, so according to the definition could be awarded a 4.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek775VIR Virginia Airport Durban
2 -> 1IRL Viriginia is a small general aviation airport that has no scheduled commercial services. In game it is currently only 1 scale lower than the Intl airport, which is further from the city centre. Therefore they cover rather similar parts of the population, what is not at all realistic, as IRL all passengers travel via the Intl airport.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_AirportPLZ Port Elizabeth
2 -> 3PLZ is the number 4 airport in South Africa after the big three in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. So if any other airport besides these three deserves somthing more than a 2, than it is PLZ.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_airports_by_passenger_movementsGRJ George
(3 -> 2)
OUH Oudtshoorn
(2 -> 1)
(There are no long-range flights to George IRL, so it would not earn a 3. But maybe the 3 was awarded to raise GRJ from other smaller nearby airports, what is absolutely correct, as those have way fewer passengers (if any?) IRL. So If GRJ is reduced to 2, it would make sense to reduce nearby OUH to 1.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_AirportGCJ Grand Central Midrand
2 -> 1
PRY Wonderboom Pretoria
2 -> 1
QRA Rand Johannesburg
2 -> 1All three airports offer no scheduled commercial flights IRL. In game they therefore rival HLA Lanseria Johannesburg, which is also a 2 and which IRL is getting busier and busier with domestic services as Johannesburg's second airport. To have that in game, the others should not have the same scale as HLA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderboom_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanseria_International_AirportNAMIBIA
Windhoek
WDH 2 -> 3
(ERS 2 -> 1)The capital Windhoek is served by two Airports, ERS Eros, which is closer to the city and serves mainly domestic traffic, and WDH Hosea Kutako Intl. In the simulation, both Airports are ranked as a 2.
I'd suggest to improve Hosea Kutako to a 3, as it has international traffic to Europe and the gulf in real life (A333, B787). (on the other hand one could reduce Eros even to a 1 maybe, as there are only regional jets and no A320 or B737 or the like. But given that most airports of way smaller towns in Southern Africa are a 2, it would be odd.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosea_Kutako_International_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_AirportZAMBIA
CGJ Kasompe Chingola
2 -> 1
KIW Sothdowns Kitwe
2 -> 1Both Airports do IRL not have regular scheduled flights. In game they rival nearby NLA Ndola which is also at scale 2 and does have scheduled flights IRL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasompe_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southdowns_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Mwansa_Kapwepwe_International_AirportANGOLA
BUG Benguela
2 -> 1The Airport has IRL no regular scheduled flights. In game it rivals nearby CBT Catumbela which is also at scale 2 and does have scheduled flights IRL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benguela_Airporthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catumbela_Airport