Welcome to the beginner’s guide and FAQ for the wildly popular Pocket Planes, a brand new iOS and Android game from the makers of Tiny Tower! Whether you are just starting out with the game, or you have some questions about how one or two things work, read on and you’re sure to find what you’re looking for.
Getting Started
In Pocket Planes, you start with four small aircraft - all of which can carry either passengers or cargo. You earn coins by ferrying these to a variety of different airports. Naturally, your up-and-coming airline won't get very far with just these, so you'll have to increase the number of planes in your fleet. Jobs in Pocket Planes In Pocket Planes, a plane in an airport can choose passengers and cargo to take to other airports. For each passenger and cargo you deliver, you get paid coins. Choose the destination that will allow your plane to make the most money per minute, and ultimately the most flights per hour. Get the 25% bonus! By now you have likely noticed that flying your plane to a single destination at full capacity results in a 25% profit increase. This is really a no-brainer. Take the free coins! I'm coming up on 12,000 Bux (I currently have 11,801), which took me like forever! 12,000 is the mark I was going for, cause with that I'll be able to afford upgrade to 30 plane slots, buy all the big airports worldwide and upgrade them, and still have some pocket money left over.
The game’s premise is pretty basic, at least at first glance. Your goal is to load up one aircraft with passengers and/or cargo, and fly it from one airport to the next. To do this, when the aircraft is grounded and is on your screen, go to the row of 3 buttons in the lower left hand corner, and click the one on the far left. This will take you to a menu where you can see what available jobs you have for that aircraft. By default, the game will show you available jobs and hide the ones that you can’t do with that aircraft, but you can click the “All” button, to see all of them, the box button to see all cargo jobs, and the button that looks like a person to see all passenger jobs.
Next to the load-and-fly button in that button bar are the button that looks like the tower, and button that looks like an aircraft with a magnifying glass. The former lets you modify, advertise, upgrade or close your airport, and the latter lets modify, paint or shutter your aircraft, or change the pilot’s clothes.
When you are watching an aircraft as it flies, coins will fly by. Tap on these coins to collect them. The small coin is worth just 1 coin, but the large coin, which is also a common one, is worth 10 coins, potentially making a plane trip a LOT more profitable. The giant coin appears about 2-4 times per minute. Every so often, a free Bux will appear. Make doubly sure to grab that.
The Airport Information Screen
On the airport info screen, you can see all of the details on a particular airport, such as the population of the city it’s in and the airport size, all the way up to available layover slots and passengers or cargo. The “info” button gives you information about the city itself, while the “close” button lets you shut down an airport for good. The “airport upgrade” button lets you upgrade an airport to increase the amount of layover spaces, passengers and cargo that the airport offers. The “advertise” button allows you to “advertise” the airport, significantly increase the amount of people and shipments that fly in and out of the airport.
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Planes in Pocket Planes are used to fly passengers and cargo, whichearns coins. Read this page to learn how to make the best use of planesin Pocket Planes.
How to Buy Planes
Tap the green Menu button in the bottom right. Then tap Market on themiddle left. You will see a list of plane parts and fully-assembledplanes that you can use Bux to purchase. It is cheaper to buyplane parts and put the plane together yourself than to buy a fully-assembled plane. The items in the market change every11 minutes, so be sure to buy what you want before it goes away.
Each plane requires a Body, Controls, and Engine in order to be built.
How to Build Planes
Tap the green Menu button in the bottom right, then tap Parts. You will seea list of parts that you have. You can sell those parts for coins from thisscreen. Tap the Build button in the bottom middle to see a list of planesthat you have parts for. If you have all three parts for the plane(Body, Controls, and Engine) you can tap Build to spend the required number of Bux to build the plane.
Adding Plane Slots
Tap the Plane List button in the bottom right. Scroll to the bottom of theplane list and tap Add Plane Slot to spend the displayed number of coinsto add another slot to put a plane in.If you do not have an available plane slot, you can't build a newplane.
Checking Plane Profits
Tap the green Menu button in the bottom right, then tap logs. You will seea list of planes along with the amount of time that they have flown andthe amount of profit that they have earned per hour. Tap the coin buttonin the bottom middle to sort the list by profits. The most profitable planein your fleet is listed at the top and the least profitable is at the bottom.
Plane Class
The most basic planes are Class 1. These planes can land at any airport.Class 2 planes can only land at class 2 airports or higher, and so on.If you don't have many class 2 or higher airports, you might notwant to buy class 2 planes until you do.
Upgrading Planes
You can make your planes more profitable by spending Bux to upgrade them.Tap the Plane List in the bottom right, then tap a plane that is in anairport (you can't upgrade a plane while it is flying.) Tap the Plane Infobutton in the bottom left, then tap Upgrade. You can upgrade the fuel tanks,the engine, or the carbon fiber by spending the displayed number of Bux.
- Upgrading the fuel tanks increases the range of the plane. This means thatthe plane can go farther.
- Upgrading the engine increases the speed ofthe plane. This means that the plane can finish jobs more quickly,which means that it makes a better profit per hour.
- Upgrading the carbon fiber decreases the weight of the plane.This reduces the cost of flying the plane.
Unlocking New Planes
New planes become available when you level up. You level up by earningexperience points. You earn experience points every time you receive apayment for a flight.
Removing Planes
If there is a plane that you want to remove from service, tap the PlaneList in the bottom right, then tap a plane that is in an airport (youcan't remove a plane while it is flying.) Tap the Plane Info button in thebottom left, then tap Remove to move the plane to the hangar.Keep in mind that it costs Bux to put the plane back into active service. When you remove a plane, it opens up a planeslot.
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Scrapping Planes
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After you remove a plane, tap the green Menu button in the bottom right,then tap Hangar. You will see a list of planes that you have removed fromservice. Tap the Scrap button next to a plane. This will separate the planeinto parts. Go back to the Menu and tap the Parts button to see theparts from the scrapped plane. You can now sell those parts for coins.