Airport Vocabulary

A place where planes take off and land, with buildings for passengers to wait in.

• bus station

• airport

• airplane station

Flights in the process of arriving.

• departures

• gates

• arrivals

The passenger hands over their baggage which is checked by the airport securtiy and sealed.

• passport control

• baggage claim

• baggage check-in

The area in an airport where arriving passengers collect luggage.

• baggage claim

• terminal

• arrivals

Check-in is...

• the process where passengers deliver their lugagge.

• the process where passengers are accepted by an airline prior to travel.

• the process where passengers are accepted by an airline after they board the aircraft.

Authority of the country in an airport.

• customs

• gate

• departures

Departurestures are...

• flighs coming in

• flights that are late

• flights leaving the airport

Waiting area for passengers before boarding the fligh.

• arrival

• terminal

• gate

These are used for transporting luggage and may be free of charge.

• baggage claim

• carts

• restrooms

These are buildings that the airport where passengers are able to get on and off an aircarft.

• terminals

• gates

• customs