NounWikipedia has an article on: AirportSingular airport Plural airports airport (plural airports)
Related termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport. An airport consists of at least one surface such as a runway, a helipad, or water for takeoffs and landings, and often includes buildings such as hangars and terminal buildings. Larger airports may have fixed base operator services, seaplane docks and ramps, air traffic control, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. A military airport is known as an airbase or air station. The terms airfield, airstrip, and aerodrome may also be used to refer to airports, and the terms heliport, seaplane base, and STOLport refer to airports dedicated exclusively to helicopters, seaplanes, or short takeoff and landing aircraft. In some jurisdictions, the term airport is used where the facility is licensed as such by the relevant government organization (e.g. the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transport Canada). Elsewhere the distinction is one of general appearance. Other jurisdictions define an airport by its having the customs offices etc expected of a port, though the more general term is airport of entry. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What airport would you recommend for a layover? Q. Which is an easier airport to negotiate through for a 15 year old first-time airplane traveler? I have the choice of flying through Charlotte/Douglas Airport or Dulles Intl. Airport. Thanks Thanks, OSU. It's really not that hard. Asked by YungBeast33 - Sat Jul 11 22:10:04 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Luckily, I've been to both. I find Charlotte much easier to navigate, although both are relatively small. Charlotte is slightly smaller however, and the terminals are layed out in an organized pattern. Once, I was delayed returning my rental car, and I was forced to hurry through Charlotte. I made my flight because it was so easy to get through. I do not have a similar story to compare to Dulles, but I was able to make my flight in Charlotte even with that delay. I appreciate a 15 year-old using perfect grammar and everything by the way, there are so many teens on here who type so unorganized making it almost like a code to read. Answered by OSU Buckeyes - Sat Jul 11 22:17:09 2009 In an Airport, where would the Aircrafts park if all the parking gates are full? Q. If all the gates are full, for example gate one to seventeen are all full, would the aircrafts go to any nearest airport or do they have to do something? Asked by Kool AzN - Mon Jul 16 15:36:24 2007 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments A. If they are anticipating a short delay, the airplane will wait for the gate to be opened up... otherwise, the airplane will go over to a "remote parking" area where the pilots can park the airplane *close* to where they want it (without the help of a marshaller) and the passengers will be taken to the airport via shuttle busses, or somthing similar... Answered by ALOPILOT - Mon Jul 16 21:24:23 2007 What determines which airlines and flights are available at an airport?
Q. I've always thought it depends on the deman of the people whom use that particular airport the most and the cost of the airline to use gates at the airport. Is there any other determining factor or factors? I always wondered especially when the airport you use loses flights or airlines and while those flights had good numbers of people then is must be the cost. Asked by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz - Sun May 3 15:26:39 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. yep, if airline can't make the $ work at an airport, they are gone. Delta used to have a hub at DFW for years & years...one day they rolled over and said "uncle" to American, just have a few flights now compared to the hundreds they had. Answered by silentnonrev - Sun May 3 16:13:19 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "airport"  news.google.com San Mateo County Times Planes are striking birds progressively more often at San Francisco International Airport and other Bay Area airports and, ... Oakland City's Airport Ranked No. 1 For On-Time Arrivals FoxReno.com all 18 news articles » news.google.com Salt Lake Tribune Last year, Delta and other carriers added surcharges for paying the baggage fees at the airport and also started charging a second checked bag fee on many ... Major air carriers raise bag fees Bizjournals.com Delta Increases Checked Bag Fee to $23 Ozarks First Continental Matches Delta Bag Fee Hike SmarterTravel.com (blog) all 380 news articles » news.google.com Shelby Star Charlotte/Douglas International Airport could soon be equipped with whole-body imaging scanners through a nationwide plan to increase widespread use of the ... EU anti-terror chief favours airport body scanners AFP France to Begin Test of Body Scanners New York Times Airport Security Security gear makers profit from stricter airport checks Globe and Mail Eagle Tribune - Financial Times - Daily Mail all 154 news articles » From Google News Search: "airport"  airport-technology.com 119px x 150px | 5.00kB [source page] Aircraft taking off from the airport at dusk  muc.in 768px x 1024px | 293.70kB [source page] Munich Airport Terminal 2 Munich Airport Terminal 2  muc.in 1050px x 1400px | 495.20kB [source page] Basement Terminal 1 Munich Airport Basement From Yahoo Image Search: "airport"  chattahbox.com Sue Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:36:50 GM (ChattahBox)---The man responsible for the security breach causing massive delays and the stranding of thousands of passengers last Sunday, was arrested,  newzsource.com unknown Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:46:06 GM NEWARK, N.J. the man believed to have caused a security breach that resulted in major delays last weekend at Newark Liberty . Airport. when he took advantage of a guard's absence to sneak past a checkpoint and walk arm-in-arm with a ...  wyblog.us Chris Wysocki Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:22:00 GM Newark . Airport. interloper arrested, charged with making TSA look bad. The man who slipped past a security checkpoint last weekend, resulting in the shutdown of Terminal C for more than 6 hours, has been identified and arrested by Port ... From Google Blog Search: "airport" |
