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  2. Airport apron - Wikipedia

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    The airport apron, apron, flight line, or ramp is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. [1] [2] [3] Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehicles, it is typically more accessible to users than the runway or taxiway. However, the apron is ...

  3. Ground support equipment - Wikipedia

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    Ground support equipment (GSE) is the support equipment found at an airport, usually on the apron, the servicing area by the terminal. This equipment is used to service the aircraft between flights. As the name suggests, ground support equipment is there to support the operations of aircraft whilst on the ground. The role of this equipment ...

  4. Apron (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Airport apron, an area where aircraft are parked and serviced; Apron stage, a part of a stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience or seating area; Apron, a large plastic panel at the bottom of a pinball table that directs the ball towards the drain. Apron, the lateral skirting positioned beneath a tabletop, countertop or ...

  5. Airport dolly - Wikipedia

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    Dollies are numerous (thousands) on a large airport apron. An airport usually has more than one dolly fleet operator, using dollies not greatly different in appearance, and each operator is using many types of dollies simultaneously. The apron is a large area that using direct eyesight to find an item is not easy.

  6. Mixing up similar-sounding airport names is just one of the things that can go wrong for travelers. Lately, a social media trend of artfully arranging belongings in the security check-in bins has ...

  7. Aircraft ground handling - Wikipedia

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    Icelandair Boeing 757 being serviced by another airline; SAS at Gardermoen Airport A ground-handling tug pulls a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at Heathrow Airport, England Airbus A380-800 operated by Qatar Airways on apron outside Heathrow Terminal 4 with a wide range of ground handling equipments around such as aircraft container, pallet loader, ULD, jet air starter, belt loader, pushback ...

  8. Category:Airport infrastructure - Wikipedia

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    Airport apron; Airport dolly; Airport Movement Area Safety System; Airport surveillance radar; ASR-9; ASR-11; Automated airport weather station; Automatic terminal information service; Aviation light signals; Aviation Security in Airport Development

  9. Airport bus - Wikipedia

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    A FlyAway airport bus in Los Angeles An easyBus airport shuttle bus in England. An airport bus, or airport shuttle bus, alternatively simply airport shuttle or shuttle bus is a bus designed for transport of passengers to and from, or within airports. These vehicles will usually be equipped with larger luggage space, and incorporate special ...