Airport Vocabulary

the area of an airport that deals with passengers that have just arrived

• arrivals

• check-in

• departures

the part of an airport where you go before catching a plane

• departures

• arrivals

• gates

a way out of an airport through which passengers go to get on their plane

• gate

• arrivals

• departures

the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country

• customs

• check-in

• lifts

a large building at a station, airport, or port where passengers or goods leave or arrive

• terminal

• gate

• customs

a place, usually at an airport, where you can leave your cases and bags to be put on a plane if you have already checked in for the flight

• bag drop

• baggage reclaim

• trolley

the place in an airport where you get your cases and bags when you arrive after flying:

• bag drop

• baggage reclaim

• trolley

a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people from one floor of a building to another floor

• lift

• trolley

• gate

a place where people are stopped to be checked their personal stuff and clothes before get on the plane at the airport.

• security check

• customs

• passport control

the place at an airport, or border where travellers' passports are checked

• passport control

• gate

• arrivals