Airport and Airways Flashcards
A location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft,
helicopters, and blimps takeoff and land.
Airport
It is also called an airbase or air station.
Military airport
Smaller or less-developed airports often have a single runway shorter than ______.
1,000 m (3,300 ft)
Larger airports for airline flights generally have paved runways ______ or longer.
2,000 m (6,600 ft)
The first use of the term “airport” originated in _____; when the flying boats landed and departed from the
port of _______.
Southampton, England
Earliest aircraft takeoff and landing sites
Grassy fields
It is the “world’s oldest airport” established in 1909 by Wilbur Wright that operates only general aviation traffic.
College Park Airport (Maryland, US)
Another claim to be the world’s oldest airport, which had the first airplane in the state.
Bisbee-Douglas International Airport (Douglas, Arizona, US)
The first international airport of the Americas
Douglas International Airport
The oldest municipal airport
in the United States.
Albany International Airport
Britain’s oldest municipal airport today.
Shoreham Airport
IATA code
for Philadelphia International Airport.
PHL
IATA/ICAO code
Hong Kong International Airport
HKG (VHHH)
Airports are divided into _____.
landside and airside areas
- part of an airside area
- a strip of land at an airport on which aircraft can take off and land and forms part of the maneuvering area.
- man made and natural surface
runway
a path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
taxiway
- the area where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled or boarded.
- a license may be required to gain access.
airport ramp or apron
a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles.
parking lot
- car park ( Malaysia,
Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland)
- car lot
comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use.
public transport
provide critical links between public-use airport facilities and the public roadway network serving the surrounding area.
access roads
- provide restricted access within an airport’s airfield.
- used by airport, and FAA staff to conduct business activities, such as security checks and maintenance work, on an airport.
perimeter roads
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
The buildings that provide access to the airplanes (via gates).
concourses
Many early terminals were built in the1930s-1940’s and reflected the popular _____ of the time.
art deco style architecture
