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Each gate typically corresponds to one parking stand on the airport's apron. A gate that provides access to multiple stands/jet bridges may have separate, designated doorways – sometimes termed sub-gates – for each stand. Commercial airport stands have airside components to facilitate passenger boarding and aircraft ground handling. [1]: 6-2
A satellite terminal is a round- or star-shaped building detached from other airport buildings, so that aircraft can park around its entire circumference. The first airport to use a satellite terminal was London Gatwick Airport. [citation needed] It used an underground pedestrian tunnel to connect the satellite to the main terminal.
In aviation, a terminal control area (TMA, or TCA in the U.S. and Canada), [1] [2] [3] is a designated area of controlled airspace surrounding a major airport where there is a high volume of traffic.
United Airlines planes lined up at their jet bridges at Denver International Airport in March 2014. A jet bridge (also termed jetway, [1] jetwalk, airgate, jetty, gangway, planeplank, aerobridge/airbridge, finger, skybridge, airtube, expedited suspended passenger entry system (E-SPES), or its official industry name passenger boarding bridge (PBB)) is an enclosed connector which most commonly ...
According to Planet Minecraft statistics, Greenfield is the third-most downloaded Minecraft map of all time. [6] Greenfield is designed to resemble the West Coast of the United States, heavily inspired by Los Angeles, [2] and is built to a one-to-one scale, with each block's size being one cubic meter. [7]
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Computer-controlled baggage carousel at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2. A second delivery chute is visible, top-right. Bags are placed on some type of conveyor belt in a secure area not accessible by passengers. In a single-level system, the belt will deliver bags into the terminal from an opening in the wall.
On-Board Folding Airstairs can be found in use on many U.S., Foreign Military, and Government Aircraft, including the Boeing E4B as well as VIP aircraft around the world. The On-Board Folding Airstairs is a multi-section (3, 4, or 5 segment) airstair that can be installed at either the forward, center, or aft doors.