Why are airports divided into terminals?

More than one terminal is neccesary to cater to the traffic at the airport. If there was only one terminal imagine the extra expenditure a plane would have to incurr before it can land . A plane can only land if the previous passengers traffic has cleared or it has been sufficiently cleared.



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