A week before the game's publishing, Krisalis Software changed its name to Airport Tycoon in some markets, a more catchy title, but the game calls itself Air Mogul because of the inadequate time to change the software, and is sold in PAL as Airport Inc. Krisalis became defunct shortly after publishing Airport Tycoon.

Players then construct a terminal for their passengers, followed by runways, tarmac, control towers and support services.

[citation needed] Frequent criticisms included difficulty of gameplay, substandard graphics and confusing controls.

It was developed by Sunstorm Interactive and published by Global Star Software on February 26, 2003 for Windows PC.

[5] A third game in the series, Airport Tycoon 3, was developed by InterActive Vision and published by Global Star on October 30, 2003.