Airport Components

Airport Components

Engr. Muhammad Hussain

Components of Airport Terminal Building (T.B) Apron Runways Taxiways Hangers

Terminal Building Provides facilities for all passenger arriving and

departuring from airport and allowed airline and admin’s personnel's. It includes followings facilities:

Booking office Custom’s office Restaurants Weather bureau Luggage and mails rooms Communication systems (telephone/telegraph office etc.) Air traffic control tower

ApronPortion of the airport usually paved

in front of TB, mean for parking, loading/unloading of aircraft.

HangersLarge sheds erected on airport for

housing & repairing airplanes. It may be storage or service hangers.

Runways

Single

ParallelS(Variable)

S TB

L T.O

T.OL

Open-V Single & Parallel

Runways

T.OL

L

T.O

L

T.O

Intersecting

Runways

600 450

Runways

TB

APRON

300

Visual Flight Rules (VFR)

Means the weather conditions are good enough for the aircraft to be operated by visual reference to the ground.

In VFR conditions, there is no “ on route traffic control” and aircraft are allowed to fly on a “see & be seen” principle.

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) Conditions prevails when the visibility or

the ceiling falls below those prescribed for flight under visual flight rules.

Essentially these rules require the assignment of specific altitude and routes and minimum separation of aircraft at the same altitude and flying in the same direction.

Taxiways

Defined parked path for taxiing aircraft to & from the runway

Object is to provide access to the aircraft for runway to Terminal areas & service hangers in such a way that aircraft that just landed don’t interfere with the aircraft taxiing to take off.

Should not cross runway