Can someone please describe an airport in detail?
Can someone please describe an airport in detail?
Which airport?
It can't be detailed if you don't have a specific one in mind.
All have certain things (check in desks, arrivals, departures, toilets, shops…)
Airports come in different shapes. Some consist of several different buildings. You can look at the layout of a specific airport online. Or do you want to know the general process when you go to an airport for a flight?
1. You go to the desk for the airline you're flying to check your luggage. You show them your boarding pass and I.D. Or they can print your boarding pass for you.
2. You follow the signs to the security check where your carry on luggage is scanned and you go through one of the two kids of scanners.
3. You follow the signs to your gate. In some airports, like Atlanta, that means riding a little train to the concourse- they are usually designated A, B, C, etc. While the gates are numbered.
4. You wait at the gate to be told to board your plane.
Which one there are about 45,000 different ones.
Some have long runways. Some have no visible runways but land lots of planes
Some have air traffic control in nearby office building.
Some have a runway in two countries.
Some can really do a lot when there are problems at other airports.
Some are very busy
Some are abandoned. And not so nice any more.
Some have a regular road in the middle of them.
Some are the road just used as an Airport when needed.
As a picture is worth a thousands words I will speed it up for you a bit.
There are different classes of airports. Some are local airports which can only handle small propeller aircraft. Others are international airports which can handle aircraft flying in from other countries. Airports pretty much have a ticket counter where passengers go to check-in for their flights. They have security screening, restaurants and small shops to buy souvenirs. Outside, the airport has one or more runways along with equipment to help prepare the aircraft for their next flight. An airport also has a fire department and those serving commercial flights have an air traffic control tower.
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