Why are departure and arrival areas halls separated?

It has something to do about terminal design. Equipements, handlings and airport services has to operate at ground level. That's where departures and arrivals at an upper level came from. There is not always the necessary room to lay everything at ground level.



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Because international arrival passengers are assumed to be unsecured, most countries don't allow them to mingle with departing passengers. Even in Copenhagen airport, which the developer mentioned, if you are arriving there from a non-Schengen area, you will be segregated from departing passengers.

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- on landside, it is customary to have departures at the upper level (when there are 2 levels) and arrivals at the lower level, as detailed above. - on airside, ground floor is usually dedicated to baggage handling and remote gates.

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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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It is customary to classify the several components of an airport in three major catego- ries: airside facilities; landside facilities; and the terminal building, which serves as the interchange between the two' (see fig. 7).

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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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At Gate: The actual time the aircraft pulled into the gate at the arrival airport, provided in local airport time. Status: Describes the status of the flight at the current time. Remaining: The amount of time remaining until a flight arrives at its destination.

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