Airport

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

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Terminal Building
 Provides facilities for all passenger arriving and
departring from. It includes followings facilities:
 Booking office
 Custom’s office
 Restaurants
 Weather bureau
 Luggage and mails rooms
 Communication systems (telephone/telegraph office etc
etc.))
 Air traffic control tower

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Apron

 Portion of the airport usually paved

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

Hangars

 Large sheds erected on airport for

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

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 Runways

Open-V Single & Parallel

L T.O Single

S(Variable) Parallel

S TB

L T.O

Runways

Intersecting

L
L

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 Runways

600 450

Runways

TB

APRON

300

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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
fl on a ““see & b
fly be seen”” principle.
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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
t and
d minimum
i i separation
ti off
aircraft at the same altitude and flying in
the same direction.

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Taxiways

 Defined path for taxiing aircraft to & from

the runway
 Object is to provide access to the aircraft
for runway to Terminal areas & service
hangers.
 Should not cross runway.

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