TRANSPORT BY AIRWAYS AIRPORTS AND RELATED VOCABULARY PART ONE (39)

TRANSPORT BY AIRWAYS AIRPORTS AND RELATED VOCABULARY PART ONE aerodrome a small airport airbase a place where military aircraft operate from and are kept and where staff reside air bridge a piece of equipment that can be moved and put against the entryway of an airplane, so passengers can get on and off airdrome a small airport airfield an area of flat ground where airplanes can take off and land airport a place where planes land and take off that usually has runways and maintenance facilities and often serve as a terminal airstrip a narrow piece of land without a normal air base or airport facilities air terminal a building at an airport that provides service for passengers air traffic control the process or system by which the movements of aircraft are observed and coordinated by ground staff communicating with pilots by radio apron a piece of clothing worn over the body from the chest or the waist down baggage carousel a moving belt from which baggage is collected by passengers at an airport baggage reclaim the place in an airport where passengers pick up their checked baggage check-in the place at an airport where passengers leave bags and baggage and produce their tickets concourse an open space or lobby (as in a railroad or air terminal) where people gather control tower an elevated glass-enclosed structure at an airport from which the movements of aircraft are controlled conveyor belt a nonstop moving belt utilized for shipping goods starting with one piece of a structure and then onto the next in an air terminal