Since trading update 5, Landing Pads in Stationeers have changed to give you more choices. Now you can place them on different tiles with different options. The smallest Landing Pad that works is a 3x3 square, and it needs a centerpiece in the middle. When a Trader shuttle arrives, it lands right in the middle of the centerpiece. The [[Landingpad center]] has an arrow showing which way the shuttles come and go. It's really important to make sure nothing blocks the arrow's path. That way, the shuttles can move smoothly without any problems. The shuttles usually land and take off at an angle of about 50 to 60 degrees.

There are six types of shuttles, including small, medium, and large ones, with normal and gas options. Shuttles can either use a runway or make a vertical descent to land. Small shuttles need a 3x3 pad, medium shuttles need a 5x5 pad, and large shuttles need a 6x6 pad. Having different pad sizes lets you trade with more Traders who visit your station. In order to find them you will need larger satellite dishes to send power to the shuttles and planes landing.  

* With a [[Landingpad center]]. Mind the arrow for the shuttle approach/departure direction. They tend to approach at a 50 to 60 degree angle towards the pad.

* Track a [[Trader]] signal with the [[Satellite Dish]]. There are buttons on the [[Satellite Dish]]. If you want to go pro, you can automate it using another computer, but all you need to do simple automation is 2 logic readers, 2 logic writers and two dials. Set one logic reader and writer pair to read one dial, and the other to read the other dial, set one of the logic writers to output the value of the dial to the horizonal (max dial setting 360) and the other logic writer to the vertical setting on the satellite dish (max setting 90).

Both gas and liquid will store in your [[landingpad gas storage]] tank but must be removed and added by use of the appropriate landing pad atmospherics kits: [[landingpad liquid output]], [[landingpad liquid input]] for liquids and [[landingpad gas output]], [[landingpad gas output]] for gasses. Both will be stored inside [[landingpad gas storage]]. Multiple storage tanks will increase the maximum moles you can store on the pad. These tanks are not insulated so you will need to build a room around the tanks and either vent the world air around it to maintain a vacuum or pressurize it to the holding temperatures you want to keep. At this time there is no way to insulate the pad other than this method. (Update this if you have any additional information or ideas)

Do not forget to '''flush''' your [[landingpad gas storage]] using [[landingpad gas output]] or [[landingpad liquid output]] if you want to export a different kind of gas or they will mix in your output line. You can setup a gas capturing system to capture gasses and filter out the various gasses after pumping it off your pad.  

In order to sell gasses and liquids to traders, you will need to make sure the '''gas temperature''' in the [[landingpad gas storage]] has a comfy temperature prior to pumping it to your pad to trade. The gasses must be pumped in the appropriate temperature before the trader will accept the gas or liquid. Hover over the icon in the sell window to find out what the trader wants the temperature range to be. These vary between gasses.

* [[Traders]] will '''refuse''' to land (you won't be able to click the landing button) if there isn't any [[Vending Machine]] or [[Vending Machine Refrigerated]] connected to the [[Landing Pad]], or if no one is powered.

* During a '''storm''', [[Traders]] can't land but they can depart. You will receive a prompt if you try to land one during a storm who cannot. Some plane traders can land in storms. The prompt will let you know if they can or cannot, but keep in mind they can crash into your base if they don't have enough landing space. A runway should be at least 15 - 20 blocks long according to the dev blogs.