{"name":"airportSide","title":"airportSide","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/airportSide","revid":379237,"updated":"2026-10-30T23:15:30Z","groups":["Sides","Roads and Airports"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma1":"1.08","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"arma1 1.08","arma3_since":"0.50","description":"Gets the side of an airport, set by setAirportSide. Default side is sideUnknown.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> See Arma: Airport IDs for a list of airport ids.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"airportSide id","params":[{"name":"id","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"}],"returns":{"type":"Side","type_expr":"Side"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"id"}},{"syntax":"airportSide target","since":"arma3 1.68","params":[{"name":"target","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"}],"returns":{"type":"Side","type_expr":"Side"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"target"}}],"examples":[{"code":["private _airportSide = airportSide 0;"]}],"problems":"When used on a non-existent airport id:\n\n- negative numbers will always return sideUnknown\n- positive numbers may return east, west, resistance, sideEmpty, sideUnknown, sideAmbientLife, or 'ERROR' (see Notes).","see_also":["Arma: Airport IDs","setAirportSide","land","landAt","assignToAirport","allAirports"],"notes":[{"user":"Lou Montana","date":"2020-03-12T23:01:00Z","text":"Weird behaviour encountered on various (Arma 3) terrains (`n/a` is 'ERROR'):\n\n| Terrain | 0 (airport id) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| VR | sideUnknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east |\n| Stratis | sideUnknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | sideUnknown | east | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | N/A |\n| Altis | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | resistance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | sideEmpty | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | west | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east |\n| Livonia | sideUnknown | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | resistance | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | sideUnknown | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A |\n| Malden | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | resistance | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | sideAmbientLife | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | resistance | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A |\n| Tanoa | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | sideUnknown | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | west | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | east | east | east | N/A | east | east | east | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | east | east | east | east | N/A | N/A | east | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | east | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |"}]}