aerodrome
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a small airport
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a place where airplanes arrive and leave, consisting of runways (=long roads where airplanes land and take off) and large buildings for passengers called terminals
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a long narrow piece of land that can be used by airplanes for landing and leaving the ground
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the part of an airport that deals with passengers who are arriving. The part that deals with passengers who are leaving is called departures.
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a room at an airport for business class passengers, with comfortable chairs and a coffee bar and sometimes also computers, fax machines, and secretaries
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a desk where you go to hand in your bags and suitcases and have your ticket checked at an airport
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a tall building at an airport from which people control the movement of aircraft. The people who do this job are called air traffic controllers.
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a large room in an airport where you sit and wait before going onto an airplane
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the part of an airport that deals with passengers who are leaving. The part that deals with passengers who are arriving is called arrivals.
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a room at an airport or hotel with comfortable chairs, a coffee bar, etc. for people who are traveling first-class
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a central airport that passengers can fly to from smaller local airports in order to make international or long-distance flights
an international airport in New York City
adjective
the landside part of an airport is the part before you go through the security checks to get on an aircraft
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a piece of equipment that is used at an airport for producing a picture of the inside of people’s bags
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the part of an airport where the planes stop and that people walk across to get on a plane
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a room in an international airport where passengers can wait for their flight to another country
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