An Airport is an inter-modal transfer facility between ground and air transportation. An airport combines wide range of facilities and services in order to satisfy all the reasonable requirements of air transport operations.
Airport means a landing and taking off area for aircrafts, usually with runways and aircraft maintanence and passenger facilities.
AIRPORT FUNCTIONS
Airport functional activities can be classified into two different groups
Airport means a landing and taking off area for aircrafts, usually with runways and aircraft maintanence and passenger facilities.
Definition(Ashford N Martin,Stanton H P & Mocre C A)
"Airport is a terminal facility that functions as an interface between air and surface vehicles.It is a processing centre providing the necessary facilities for ticketing,documentation and control of passengers and cargo"
UN body for civil aviation, ICAO(International Civil Aviation Organization) defines an airport as "An area on land or water intended to be used either wholly or impart for the arrival, departure of air and surface aircraft"
The basic airport infrastructure consists of
- Runway
- Taxi way
- Apron
- Gates
- Pssenger and Freight Terminals
- Ground transport interchanges
AIRPORT FUNCTIONS
Airport functional activities can be classified into two different groups
Aeronautical Services
Operational Activities
Ground Handling Services
2. Non-Aeronautical Services
Comercial Services
Classification of Airport Functional Activities
The above airport functional activities are managed by various management to meet the needs of the airport users like:
- Passengers
- Airlines
- Exporters
- Importers
- Visitors
- Concessionaries
- Other agencies operating in the airport
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