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Airport Components. Engr. Muhammad Hussain. Components of Airport. Terminal Building (T.B) Apron Runways Taxiways Hangers. Terminal Building.
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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
Apron • Portion of the airport usually paved in front of TB, mean for parking, loading/unloading of aircraft.
Hangers • Large sheds erected on airport for housing & repairing airplanes. It may be storage or service hangers.
Runways Single & Parallel Open-V L Single T.O Parallel S(Variable) S TB L T.O
Runways Intersecting T.O L L L T.O T.O
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