AIRPORT AND AIRWAYS Flashcards
is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and blimps takeoff and land.
airport
what is a military airport known as?
airbase or air station
have a single runway shorter than 1,000 m (3,300ft).
smaller or less developed airports
have paved runways 2,000 m (6,600 ft) or longer.
larger airports
what runway has small airports have?
dirt, grass, or gravel runways
what runway have large airports have
asphalt or concrete
where did the term airport originate?
Southampton, England
why was it called air-port?
flying boats landed and departed from the port of
Southampton by the Mayor of Southampton.
world’s oldest airport
College Park Airport in Maryland, US
who and when was the oldest airport established?
1909 by Wilbur Wright
Another claim to be the world’s oldest airport
Bisbee-Douglas International Airport, Douglas Arizona US
fourletter code designating aerodromes around the world.
ICAO airport code or location indicator
what is IATA airport code also known as?
IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier
meaning of IATA
International Air Transport Association
Airport Code of El Arish International Airport El Arish, Egypt
AAC (HEAR)
Albuquerque International Sunport Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
ABQ (KABQ)
Albany International Airport Albany, New York, United States
ALB (KALB)
Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Manila, Philippines
MNL (RPLL)
include parking lots, public transportation train stations, tank farms and access roads.
Landslide areas
include all areas accessible to aircraft, including runways, taxiways, ramps and tank farms
Airside areas
is a strip of land at an airport on which aircraft can take off and land and forms part of the maneuvering area.
Runway
is a path on an
airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities. They mostly have hard surface
such as asphalt or concrete, although smaller airports sometimes use gravel or grass.
Taxiway
It is usually the area where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled or boarded.
airport ramp
(known as a car park in countries such as Malaysia, Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland), also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles.
Parking Lot
comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use such as automobiles or vehicles for hire.
Public Transport
provide critical links between public-use airport facilities and the public roadway network serving the surrounding area. Public access roads on airport property provide access to public
areas on an airport.
access roads
provide restricted access within an airport’s airfield. These are used by airport, and FAA staff to conduct business activities, such as security
checks and maintenance work, on an airport.
perimeter roads
funds from where may be used to design and construct perimeter roads
Airport Capital Program
a building at an airport where passengers transfer
between ground transportation and the
facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft.
Airport Terminal
uses a long, narrow building with aircraft parked on both sides. One end connects to a ticketing and baggage claim area. Piers offer high aircraft capacity and simplicity of design, but often result in a long distance from the check-in counter to the gate (up to half a mile in the case of Kansai International Airport).
Pier Terminal Design
is a building detached from other airport buildings, so that aircraft can park around its entire circumference
Satellite Terminal Design
First airport to use a satellite terminal
London Gatwick Airport
with aircraft parked on one side and cars on the other. This design results in long walks for connecting passengers, but greatly reduces travel times between check-in and the aircraft.
Semi-circular Terminal Design
is an airport typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle international flights to and from other countries
International Airport
is an airport which handles only domestic flights or flights within the same country.
Domestic Airport
has several, types of aircraft except scheduled airliners. They serve business, charter and private planes.
General Aviation Airport
early years of 21st century, these have
been built to cater for discount airlines such as Ryanair.
Low cost airports
has an operating control tower. Air traffic
control (ATC) is responsible for providing for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service.
controlled airport
does not have an operating control tower. Two-way radio communications are not required, although it is a good operating practice for pilots to transmit their intentions on the specified frequency for the benefit of other traffic in the area.
uncontrolled airport