GTA Online Landing Gear Mission Walkthrough

A rival crew is moving cocaine through Sandy Shores Airfield by plane, and Ron wants the planes at the Port of Los Santos. You clear the airfield, take the aircraft and fly them across the map while the rest of the team escorts in Buzzards.

Before you start

This is a job for 4 to 6 players, so bring a full team and decide beforehand who pilots and who escorts.

Bring body armor and an automatic weapon for the airfield fight.

Pilots should be comfortable landing, since the dock is crowded with containers and cranes.

Whoever is on the ground at the port can talk the pilots in.

Objectives

Go to Sandy Shores airfield.
Steal a plane.
Help deliver a plane to the docks.

Landing Gear walkthrough

Reach the airfield

The team starts in Los Santos, so everybody takes a car and heads out to Blaine County together. Follow the marker onto the dirt road leading into Sandy Shores Airfield. Slow down well before the gate, because the dealers are watching the runway. Park at the edge, get out and spread out so nobody walks into the fight alone.

Getting into a black sedan on a dusty road in Sandy Shores

Driving a black sedan down a dusty road toward Sandy Shores Airfield

Clear the field and take off

Take out the dealers around the hangars and the old buses before touching the aircraft. Use the wrecks and sheds for cover and move as a group. When the field is quiet the planes in the hangar become available and the Buzzard helicopters parked outside can be used as escorts. Pilots take the planes, the others climb into the Buzzards, and everyone lifts off together.

Taking cover beside an old rusted bus near the airfield sheds

Two Buzzard helicopters parked on the sand with the airfield behind

Lifting a Buzzard off the ground above the airfield buildings

Fly south across the map

The port is at the far south of the map, so climb and follow the marker over the hills and across Vinewood. Rival helicopters will try to shoot down the planes, so the escorts should stay close, watch the radar and shoot them first. Pilots should avoid sharp turns and keep a steady height. Losing one aircraft does not end the job as long as another can still reach the docks.

A Buzzard flying over hazy mountains toward Los Santos

Passing over the Vinewood Hills with the radio mast ahead

Flying low over the hills with the city roads below

Following the highways down toward the port

Land at the docks

As the port comes into view, drop lower and look for a clear stretch of ground, since the area is packed with containers and cranes. Whoever is on the ground can guide the pilots with the marker. Slow down well before you touch down and land gently, because a crash can wreck the plane. Once one plane is down the objective changes and the others can help deliver theirs.