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The world's busiest city airport systems by passenger traffic are measured by total number of passengers from all airports within a city or metropolitan area combined. London, with six commercial airports serving its metropolitan area, is the busiest city airport system in the world, [1] although Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest individual airport.
Airport layout of Kuala Lumpur Airport, a typical airport with triple parallel landing capabilities. Triple takeoff/landing capabilities are a necessity for many large airports as it allows many aircraft to arrive and depart in a short amount of time.
World's largest airport terminal under one single roof [33] Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 China: Beijing: 986,000 m 2 (10,610,000 sq ft) Three buildings connected by train [34] King Abdulaziz International Airport Terminal 1 Saudi Arabia: Jeddah: 810,000 m 2 (8,700,000 sq ft) [35] Abu Dhabi International Airport Terminal A
An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower.An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway for a plane to take off or a helipad, and often includes adjacent utility ...
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.
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
The airport has proven to be one of the most efficient and safest locations for travel to and from the Army's National Training Center for the troops who rotate through each year. Company D of the 158th Aviation Regiment is a general support aviation company that moved in under a five-year contract the Army signed with SCLA and the city of ...
Usage of the term "aerodrome" (or "airfield") remains more common in Commonwealth English, and is conversely almost unknown in American English, where the term "airport" is applied almost exclusively. A water aerodrome is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes, floatplanes or amphibious aircraft for landing and taking off.