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  2. List of eponyms of airports - Wikipedia

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    formerly Saddam International Airport, named for Saddam Hussein Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia formerly Haile Selassie I International Airport, named for Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport, Ulan Bator, Mongolia formerly Chinggis Khaan International Airport, which is given to a new airport

  3. Gate (airport) - Wikipedia

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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

  4. Baggage carousel - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...

  6. Waiting room - Wikipedia

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    There are two types of physical waiting room. One has individuals leave for appointments one at a time or in small groups, for instance at a doctor's office, a hospital triage area, or outside a school headmaster's office. The other has people leave en masse such as those at railway stations, bus stations, and airports. Both examples also ...

  7. List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical ...

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    Area Control Centre A/D Aerodrome: ACT Alternative Configuration Tool A/F Autofeather: A/FD Airport/Facility Directory: A/P Autopilot: AAE Above aerodrome elevation [1] In aviation, above aerodrome level (AAL), or above aerodrome elevation (AAE), denotes that an altitude is given above the nearest aerodrome or airport. AAIB Air Accidents ...

  8. SEE IT: Newly hired TSA officer saves baby who stopped ...

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    A newly hired airport security officer saved a life this month when she noticed that a 2-month-old had stopped breathing at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport.

  9. 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 .