What is airport tarmac called?

The airport apron, apron, flight line, ramp, or tarmac is the area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained. Although the use of the apron is covered by regulations, such as lighting on vehicles, it is typically more accessible to users than the runway or taxiway.



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Runway - A strip of level ground, usually concrete, that airplanes take off and land on.

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Airport ramps (also called aprons or non-movement areas) are the areas outside taxiways and runways used for airplane parking, loading/unloading, refueling, and maintenance.

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Pilots often refer to hard landings using terminology usually associated with carrier landings, such as welcome aboard or caught the 3-wire or something similar.

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Denver International Airport (DEN) has six runways – five measure 12,000 feet in length (3,600 meters), and the sixth measures 16,000 feet – more than three miles long (4,800 meters). The 16,000-foot runway (16R/34L) is the longest commercial runway in North America.

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Gates - This is where you wait for your plane. Gates usually have seats that you can sit in and televisions that show information about the Airport and current news. Gates are also the areas where you leave the airport building to board your plane.

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It is common for pilots to greet air traffic control (ATC) with a phrase such as good afternoon or good morning when they first establish radio communication. This is a courteous way to start the conversation and helps to confirm that the radio is working properly.

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Adding tar to macadam makes the surface waterproof as well. Since airplanes must take off and land in all sorts of weather, airport runways are often paved with tarmacadam, as are public roads and highways.

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A designated area on an apron intended to be used for parking an aircraft. This can be either a stand at a gate or a remote parking stand. The correct use of the word bay is for a holding bay as defined in ICAO ANNEX 14/I Aerodromes as: Holding bay.

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