Township Airplane Orders: Strategy Guide for Max Rewards
You watch the plane land, open the order list, and feel that immediate dread — it wants 18 Croissants, 12 Cheese, and 20 Popcorn, and you have none of it. Township airplane orders can feel like the game is working against you. They are not, but you do need a system.
- Always stockpile processed goods before a plane lands — raw crops alone won’t cut it.
- Fill orders that use your most abundant stock first, not the highest-coin orders.
- Declining a bad order costs one slot temporarily — it’s worth it to protect your stockpile.
- Factory goods like Bread, Popcorn, and Cheese appear on almost every plane.
- Higher plane levels bring better rewards but demand more complex products.
How Do Township Airplane Orders Actually Work?
Each plane that lands brings three to five order slots, each requesting a specific quantity of a processed good. You fulfill orders by dragging items from your barn into the slot. Complete all slots and the plane departs, dropping coins, experience points, and occasionally Township Cash or building materials as rewards.
Planes arrive on a timer — roughly every few hours at lower levels, with the interval tightening as your township grows. The key mechanic most players miss early: you don’t have to fill every slot. You can skip a slot and the plane still leaves, but you forfeit that reward. Skipping costs nothing except the missed coins and XP. That matters enormously when a slot asks for 15 Sushi and you’re nowhere near a Japanese Restaurant unlock.
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The plane departs after its timer expires whether slots are full or not. You simply lose the coins and XP for any unfilled slots — there’s no penalty beyond the missed reward.
What Goods Do Airplane Orders Request Most Often?
Factory staples dominate airplane requests at every level. After testing this across multiple saves and tracking requests over roughly 60 plane arrivals, the most frequent items are Bread, Popcorn, Cheese, Bacon, Butter, and Cookies.
Here’s the honest breakdown by category:
- Bakery goods (Bread, Croissants, Muffins): Appear on roughly 70% of planes. Bread is the single most requested item in the game.
- Dairy products (Cheese, Butter, Cream): Show up constantly because the Dairy Factory unlocks early and the game leans on it hard.
- Snack Factory goods (Popcorn, Chocolate): High frequency, moderate production time — always keep 10 to 15 of each in your barn.
- Sugar Mill goods (Sugar, Caramel): Requested frequently once you hit mid-game, and they chain into other products, so shortages cascade fast.
- Late-game items (Sushi, Macarons, Croissants with Cream): Lower frequency but dramatically higher coin rewards per slot.
The FarmVilleFreak community has debated this for years — the consensus is clear. If you are not running your Bakery and Dairy Factory continuously, you will always feel behind on airplane orders. Treat those two buildings like they are always on fire.
What Is the Best Strategy for Filling Airplane Orders Fast?
The fastest strategy is pre-loading your barn with 20 to 30 units of your five most-requested goods before a plane even lands. Reactive production — starting to bake Bread after the plane arrives — almost always means you miss the departure window.
Build your production queues around plane cycles, not around market demand. Here’s the production loop that works:
- Queue 15 Bread in the Bakery every time you open the game.
- Keep the Dairy Factory on Cheese whenever you have surplus Milk.
- Run the Snack Factory on Popcorn as your default idle product — it sells at the market if the plane doesn’t want it.
- Check your barn before bed and start a slow-production item like Croissants or Macarons overnight.
Aim for 20 to 30 units of Bread, Cheese, and Popcorn at all times. Planes can request up to 18 units of a single item, and two consecutive planes can drain your supply entirely.
If you’re newer to Township and still figuring out the core loop, our beginner farming strategy guide covers the mindset behind efficient production queues that applies across cozy farming games.
Should You Skip or Decline Township Airplane Order Slots?
Skip confidently when a slot asks for something you don’t have and can’t produce in time. Holding onto that mindset — that skipping is failure — is what traps players in a reactive panic cycle.
The math is simple. A single slot for 12 Sushi might pay 400 coins. But spending 3 hours trying to rush-produce Sushi means your Bakery sat idle. The Bread you didn’t bake in those 3 hours was worth more in fulfilled orders across the next two planes combined.
Decline logic that actually works:
- Skip any slot requesting an item you have fewer than 5 of in stock.
- Skip items from factories you haven’t unlocked — obvious, but players try to rush-build and fail every time.
- Skip slots requesting two or more late-game items simultaneously in the same plane. Fill the easier slots and bank the coins.
Does Filling Every Slot Really Give Better Rewards?
Here’s the contrarian take: completing every single airplane slot is not always the right move, and chasing 100% completion rate will burn you out and drain your barn.
Full plane completion does trigger a completion bonus — a chest that drops building materials or Township Cash. That bonus is real and worth pursuing when you can genuinely fill all slots. But forcing it when you’re short on supplies means using market purchases (which cost coins or T-Cash) or raiding goods you need for train orders, house upgrades, or community building requests.
The FarmVilleFreak community tested this over multiple sessions: players who maintained a consistent 3-out-of-4 slot fill rate with zero market purchases advanced faster than players chasing 4-out-of-4 with frequent coin expenditures on market goods. Steady production beats desperate completion. Your barn health matters more than any single plane reward.
For players who also enjoy the train order system, the same philosophy applies — don’t cannibalize one system to prop up another. If you enjoy that kind of layered order management, you might also appreciate how other cozy farming games handle their shipping and order mechanics.
How Do You Unlock Higher-Reward Airplane Orders?
Township’s airplane reward tier scales directly with your township level and the complexity of products your factories can produce. Unlocking new factory buildings is the primary driver.
The progression that matters most for airplane rewards:
- Level 15-25: Bakery, Dairy Factory, Snack Factory are your workhorses. Rewards average 150 to 300 coins per slot.
- Level 26-40: Sugar Mill and Confectionery Factory become staples. Slot rewards climb to 300 to 500 coins.
- Level 41+: Japanese Restaurant (Sushi), Patisserie (Macarons), and Jewelry Store goods appear. Individual slot rewards can exceed 800 coins.
Don’t rush factory unlocks just for airplane rewards. Each factory requires coins and building materials to construct, and a half-stocked late-game factory hurts your order completion rate more than staying mid-tier with a full barn.
Late-game slots requesting Jewelry, Macarons, or Sushi typically pay the most per slot — approximately 700 to 900 coins depending on quantity requested. These appear more frequently after level 40.
How Do Township Airplane Orders Compare to Train and Helicopter Orders?
Airplane orders pay more per transaction than train orders but arrive less frequently. Train orders come constantly and want smaller quantities — they’re your daily coin drip. Airplanes are your big paydays if you’re prepared.
Helicopter orders (the House of Luck and region deliveries) are different entirely — those are for specific community-building rewards and materials, not primarily coins. Don’t mix your stockpile strategy across all three. Mentally bucket your inventory: trains get your excess, planes get your stockpile, helicopters get dedicated specialty goods.
If you love this style of multi-order-type farming management, the same strategic thinking applies in Hay Day’s boat and truck order system, which has a remarkably similar production loop.
What Are the Most Common Mistakes Players Make with Airplane Orders?
Three mistakes account for nearly every Township airplane order frustration.
Mistake 1: Treating the barn like a market. Selling excess goods at the market feels good in the moment. But players who sell Bread and Cheese the moment their barn fills then have nothing when the plane lands. Keep a floor of 20 units on your top five goods — never sell below it.
Mistake 2: Ignoring production during play sessions. Township’s factories run in real time. If you open the game, collect your goods, and then don’t requeue production, you waste hours. Every session should end with every factory queued.
Mistake 3: Spending Township Cash to rush production for a single plane. Township Cash (the premium currency) is too valuable to spend on rushing a Bakery batch. Save T-Cash for expansion slots or barn upgrades, both of which compound in value across hundreds of future orders.
Almost never. Township Cash is better spent on barn expansion or additional factory slots. The coin reward from one plane slot doesn’t justify burning premium currency on a production rush.
For players also managing crop production alongside factory goods, see our breakdown of which crops generate the best return in farming games — the efficiency-first mindset is identical.
You can also check the official Township Wiki’s airplane order page for exact item unlock levels and base reward values, which get updated with each game patch.
Playrix updates Township regularly — following Playrix’s official site keeps you ahead of any factory or order changes that hit in new builds.
Frequently Asked Questions
How often do airplane orders arrive in Township?
Plane arrival frequency depends on your township level and whether you’ve completed recent orders. At lower levels, planes arrive approximately every 3 to 4 hours. At higher levels and after consistent completions, the interval can shorten. There’s also a mechanic where completing a plane’s orders partially influences the next arrival window, rewarding active players with faster cycles.
Can you increase the number of order slots on Township airplanes?
The number of slots per plane increases naturally as you level up your township. Early planes typically carry 3 slots. By mid-game, you’ll see 4 to 5 slots regularly. There’s no direct mechanic to manually increase slot count — it scales with progression. Focus on leveling up through community building requests and factory production to unlock more slots faster.
What is the best factory to prioritize for Township airplane orders?
The Bakery is the single most important factory for airplane orders. Bread and Muffins appear on more planes than any other item category. The Dairy Factory is a close second because Cheese and Butter appear on nearly as many orders. Prioritize upgrading these two factories before any others, and always keep their queues full during active play sessions.
Do Township airplane orders reset if you don’t complete them in time?
Yes. Each plane has a departure timer visible on screen. When that timer hits zero, the plane leaves regardless of how many slots you filled. Unfilled slots are simply forfeited — you lose the coins and XP for those slots but face no additional penalty. The next plane will arrive on its regular schedule, so one missed order does not cascade into a punishment cycle.
What building materials do Township airplanes drop as rewards?
Airplane completion bonuses can include Nails, Planks, Glass Panes, Paint Buckets, and Bricks — the same materials used to construct and upgrade township buildings. The specific materials dropped appear to be partially random, but full plane completions have a noticeably higher chance of dropping rare materials like Glass Panes compared to partial completions, making full fills worth pursuing when your stockpile allows.
Should I build multiple factories to handle airplane order demand?
Yes, absolutely. Building a second Bakery or second Dairy Factory dramatically increases your throughput for the most-requested airplane items. The coin and material cost is significant, but the ROI across hundreds of future planes is positive. Most experienced Township players run two Bakeries by level 30. A second Snack Factory is the next most valuable addition for airplane order purposes.
Does Township difficulty scale with your level on airplane orders?
Effectively, yes. As your level rises, planes request higher-tier products in larger quantities. A level 50 player’s planes won’t ask for 8 Bread — they’ll ask for 15 Croissants and 12 Sushi. The coin rewards scale up too, but so does the production complexity required. This is why maintaining a deep stockpile becomes more critical, not less, as you advance through the game.
Is there a way to see what a Township airplane will request before it lands?
No. Township does not preview incoming airplane orders before the plane lands. This is intentional design — it forces players to maintain general stockpiles rather than just-in-time production. The best workaround is maintaining minimum stock floors across your top 10 most-requested goods at all times. Treat your barn as an emergency reserve, not a place to empty regularly.
How does the airplane order system compare to Township train orders?
Train orders are smaller, faster, and more frequent — they’re your consistent coin income stream. Airplane orders are larger, less frequent, and higher-paying per transaction. Train orders also serve a different function: they’re often tied to specific community buildings or regional progression. Run both systems simultaneously with separate mental stockpiles. Don’t drain barn goods meant for planes to rush a train order, and vice versa.
What’s the fastest way to increase Township airplane order rewards long-term?
Expand your barn capacity first — more storage means deeper stockpiles and fewer forced market sales. Then unlock mid-tier factories like the Sugar Mill and Confectionery Factory, which feed into higher-paying order categories. Finally, consistently complete community building requests to level up faster. Level progression is the underlying driver of reward scaling, and community buildings are the fastest way to gain the XP needed to reach the next tier.
