diff --git a/assets/airports/airportLoadList.js b/assets/airports/airportLoadList.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..222676a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/airports/airportLoadList.js
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+/**
+ * This file lives outside of normal javascript bundle. This provides a way for contributors to add or remove
+ * airports without the need to re-build the entire app. This means a contributor does not need to have node
+ * installed in order to contribute.
+ *
+ * While not ideal, adding more things to the window, this does get around the need to re-bundle when making changes
+ * to the list of airports.
+ *
+ * This property is used by the `AirportController` and should be used only one time on app instantiation.
+ *
+ * @property AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST
+ * @return {array<object>}
+ */
+window.AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST = (function() { // eslint-disable-line wrap-iife
+    /**
+     * List of airports to load.
+     *
+     * If you are adding a new airport to the game, be sure to include:
+     *
+     * - the airport json file in `assets/airports/AIRPORT_NAME.json` where `AIRPORT_NAME` is
+     *   the airport icao. (ex: KSFO would be `assets/airports/ksfo.json`)
+     * - the terrain geojson file (if one exists) in `assets/airports/terrain/AIRPORT_NAME.geojson`
+     *   where `AIRPORT_NAME` is the airport icao. (ex: KSFO would be `assets/airports/terrain/ksfo.geojson`)
+     * - add a new data block at the bottom of this file in the shape of:
+     * ```
+     * {
+     *   icao: {AIRPORT_ICAO},
+     *   level: {AIRPORT_DIFFICULTY},
+     *   name: {AIRPORT_NAME}
+     * }
+     * ```
+     * - `AIRPORT_ICAO` is the airport icao in lowercase (ex: ksfo)
+     * - `AIRPORT_DIFFICULTY` is the difficulty level (one of: easy, beginner, medium, hard)
+     * - `AIRPORT_NAME` is the name of the airport (ex: San Francisco International Airport)
+     *   If the airport is a work in progress, please include the icon character `&#9983` after the `name`
+     *   (see ebbr, kmsp or ksea):
+     *   `name: 'Brussels-National &#9983'`
+     *
+     * @property AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST
+     * @type {Array}
+     * @final
+     */
+    return [
+        {
+            icao: 'ebbr',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Brussels-National &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eddf',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Frankfurt Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eddh',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Hamburg Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eddm',
+            level: 'beginner',
+            name: 'Franz Josef Strauß International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eddt',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Berlin Tegel Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'egcc',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Manchester Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eggw',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'London Luton Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'egkk',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'London Gatwick Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eglc',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'London City Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'egll',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'London Heathrow Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'egnm',
+            level: 'beginner',
+            name: 'Leeds Bradford International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eham',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Amsterdam Airport Schiphol'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'eidw',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Dublin Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'einn',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Shannon Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'ekch',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Copenhagen Kastrup Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'engm',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Oslo Gardermoen International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'espa',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Luleå Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'gcrr',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Lanzarote Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kbos',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Boston Logan International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kdca',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Reagan National Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kiad',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Washington-Dulles International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kjfk',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'John F Kennedy International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'klas',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'McCarran International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'klax90',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Los Angeles International Airport 1990'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'klax',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Los Angeles International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kmia',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Miami International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kmsp',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kord',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Chicago O\'Hare International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kpdx',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Portland International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'kphx',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'ksan',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'San Diego International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'ksea',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Seattle-Tacoma International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'ksfo',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'San Francisco International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'lkpr',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Vaclav Havel International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'loww',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Vienna International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'ltba',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Atatürk International Airport &#9983'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'omaa',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Abu Dhabi International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'omdb',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Dubai International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'osdi',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Damascus International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'othh',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Doha Hamad International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'rjtt',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Tokyo Haneda International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'rksi',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Incheon International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'saez',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'same',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional El Plumerillo'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'sawh',
+            level: 'beginner',
+            name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional Malvinas Argentinas'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'sbgl',
+            level: 'beginner',
+            name: 'Aeroporto Internacional Tom Jobim'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'sbgr',
+            level: 'beginner',
+            name: 'Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'tjsj',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'tncm',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Princess Juliana International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'uudd',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Moscow Domodedovo Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'vabb',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'vecc',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Int\'l'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'vhhh',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Hong Kong Chep Lap Kok International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'vidp',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Indira Gandhi International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'wiii',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Soekarno-Hatta International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'wimm',
+            level: 'easy',
+            name: 'Kuala Namu International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'wmkp',
+            level: 'medium',
+            name: 'Pulau Pinang International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'wmkk',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'wsss',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Singapore Changi International Airport'
+        },
+        {
+            icao: 'zspd',
+            level: 'hard',
+            name: 'Shanghai Pudong International Airport'
+        }
+    ];
+})();
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 6eb9d7c8..f10731d2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     </div>
 
 
+    <script src="assets/airports/airportLoadList.js"></script>
     <script src="assets/scripts/bundle.js"></script>
 
     <script>
diff --git a/src/assets/scripts/App.js b/src/assets/scripts/App.js
index 95aa302e..a8fd223c 100644
--- a/src/assets/scripts/App.js
+++ b/src/assets/scripts/App.js
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ export default class App {
      * @for App
      * @constructor
      * @param $element {HTML Element|null}
+     * @param airportLoadList {array<object>}  List of airports to load
      */
-    constructor(element) {
+    constructor(element, airportLoadList) {
         /**
          * Root DOM element.
          *
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export default class App {
             this.prop.log = LOG.WARNING;
         }
 
-        return this.setupChildren()
+        return this.setupChildren(airportLoadList)
                     .enable();
     }
 
@@ -99,11 +100,12 @@ export default class App {
      *
      * @for App
      * @method setupChildren
+     * @param airportLoadList {array<object>}  List of airports to load
      */
-    setupChildren() {
+    setupChildren(airportLoadList) {
         this.loadingView = new LoadingView();
         this.contentQueue = new ContentQueue(this.loadingView);
-        this.airportController = new AirportController(this.updateRun);
+        this.airportController = new AirportController(airportLoadList, this.updateRun);
         this.gameController = new GameController(this.getDeltaTime);
         this.tutorialView = new TutorialView(this.$element);
         this.inputController = new InputController(this.$element);
diff --git a/src/assets/scripts/airport/AirportController.js b/src/assets/scripts/airport/AirportController.js
index 9d0ffa8a..16bb5876 100644
--- a/src/assets/scripts/airport/AirportController.js
+++ b/src/assets/scripts/airport/AirportController.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import _lowerCase from 'lodash/lowerCase';
 import AirlineController from '../airline/AirlineController';
 import AircraftController from '../aircraft/AircraftController';
 import Airport from './AirportModel';
-import { AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST } from './airportLoadList';
 import { STORAGE_KEY } from '../constants/storageKeys';
 
 // Temporary const declaration here to attach to the window AND use as internal property
@@ -22,15 +21,17 @@ const DEFAULT_AIRPORT_ICAO = 'ksfo';
 export default class AirportController {
     /**
      * @constructor
+     * @param airportLoadList {array<object>}  List of airports to load
      * @param updateRun {function}
      */
-    constructor(updateRun) {
+    constructor(airportLoadList, updateRun) {
         this.updateRun = updateRun;
         this.airport = airport;
         this.airport.airports = {};
         this.airport.current = null;
         this.airlineController = null;
         this.aircraftController = null;
+        this._airportListToLoad = airportLoadList;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ export default class AirportController {
      * @method init
      */
     init() {
-        for (let i = 0; i < AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST.length; i++) {
-            const airport = AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST[i];
+        for (let i = 0; i < this._airportListToLoad.length; i++) {
+            const airport = this._airportListToLoad[i];
 
             this.airport_load(airport);
         }
diff --git a/src/assets/scripts/airport/airportLoadList.js b/src/assets/scripts/airport/airportLoadList.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ea39eae5..00000000
--- a/src/assets/scripts/airport/airportLoadList.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,335 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * List of airports to load.
- *
- * If you are adding a new airport to the game, be sure to include:
- *
- * - the airport json file in `assets/airports/AIRPORT_NAME.json` where `AIRPORT_NAME` is
- *   the airport icao. (ex: KSFO would be `assets/airports/ksfo.json`)
- * - the terrain geojson file (if one exists) in `assets/airports/terrain/AIRPORT_NAME.geojson`
- *   where `AIRPORT_NAME` is the airport icao. (ex: KSFO would be `assets/airports/terrain/ksfo.geojson`)
- * - add a new data block at the bottom of this file in the shape of:
- * ```
- * {
- *   icao: {AIRPORT_ICAO},
- *   level: {AIRPORT_DIFFICULTY},
- *   name: {AIRPORT_NAME}
- * }
- * ```
- * - `AIRPORT_ICAO` is the airport icao in lowercase (ex: ksfo)
- * - `AIRPORT_DIFFICULTY` is the difficulty level (one of: easy, beginner, medium, hard)
- * - `AIRPORT_NAME` is the name of the airport (ex: San Francisco International Airport)
- *   If the airport is a work in progress, please include the icon character `&#9983` after the `name` (see ebbr, kmsp or ksea):
- *   `name: 'Brussels-National &#9983'`
- *
- * @property AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST
- * @type {Array}
- * @final
- */
-export const AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST = [
-    {
-        icao: 'ebbr',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Brussels-National &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eddf',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Frankfurt Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eddh',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Hamburg Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eddm',
-        level: 'beginner',
-        name: 'Franz Josef Strauß International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eddt',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Berlin Tegel Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'egcc',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Manchester Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eggw',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'London Luton Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'egkk',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'London Gatwick Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eglc',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'London City Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'egll',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'London Heathrow Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'egnm',
-        level: 'beginner',
-        name: 'Leeds Bradford International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eham',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Amsterdam Airport Schiphol'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'eidw',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Dublin Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'einn',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Shannon Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'ekch',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Copenhagen Kastrup Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'engm',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Oslo Gardermoen International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'espa',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Luleå Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'gcrr',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Lanzarote Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kbos',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Boston Logan International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kdca',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Reagan National Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kiad',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Washington-Dulles International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kjfk',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'John F Kennedy International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'klas',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'McCarran International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'klax90',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Los Angeles International Airport 1990'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'klax',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Los Angeles International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kmia',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Miami International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kmsp',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kord',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Chicago O\'Hare International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kpdx',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Portland International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'kphx',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'ksan',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'San Diego International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'ksea',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Seattle-Tacoma International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'ksfo',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'San Francisco International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'lkpr',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Vaclav Havel International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'loww',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Vienna International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'ltba',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Atatürk International Airport &#9983'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'omaa',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Abu Dhabi International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'omdb',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Dubai International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'osdi',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Damascus International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'othh',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Doha Hamad International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'rjtt',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Tokyo Haneda International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'rksi',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Incheon International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'saez',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional Ministro Pistarini'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'same',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional El Plumerillo'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'sawh',
-        level: 'beginner',
-        name: 'Aeropuerto Internacional Malvinas Argentinas'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'sbgl',
-        level: 'beginner',
-        name: 'Aeroporto Internacional Tom Jobim'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'sbgr',
-        level: 'beginner',
-        name: 'Aeroporto Internacional de São Paulo/Guarulhos'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'tjsj',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'tncm',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Princess Juliana International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'uudd',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Moscow Domodedovo Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'vabb',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'vecc',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Int\'l'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'vhhh',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Hong Kong Chep Lap Kok International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'vidp',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Indira Gandhi International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'wiii',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Soekarno-Hatta International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'wimm',
-        level: 'easy',
-        name: 'Kuala Namu International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'wmkp',
-        level: 'medium',
-        name: 'Pulau Pinang International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'wmkk',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'wsss',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Singapore Changi International Airport'
-    },
-    {
-        icao: 'zspd',
-        level: 'hard',
-        name: 'Shanghai Pudong International Airport'
-    }// ,
-    // {
-    //     icao: {AIRPORT_ICAO},
-    //     level: {AIRPORT_DIFFICULTY},
-    //     name: {AIRPORT_NAME}
-    // }
-
-];
diff --git a/src/assets/scripts/index.js b/src/assets/scripts/index.js
index eaf36b70..4458d481 100644
--- a/src/assets/scripts/index.js
+++ b/src/assets/scripts/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import App from './App';
  * Provides a way to grab the `body` element of the document and pass it to the app.
  */
 export default (() => {
+    const airportLoadList = window.AIRPORT_LOAD_LIST;
     const $body = $('body');
-    const app = new App($body);
+    const app = new App($body, airportLoadList);
 })();