unit 2 tecnical english

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TYPES OF AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Airports are an important asset of national logistics infrastructure, which enable air freight trade, which although

the most expensive, it also offers very high levels of service for the times associated transportation. This for sensit

shipments speedy delivery, strategic importance and gives the country the opportunity to establish trade routes

major economic impact.

It defines an airport as a public service civil aerodrome which has facilities and services for the receipt and dispat

of aircraft, passengers, cargo and mail air transport service scheduled or not, as well as commercial and priva

transport noncommercial.

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civil Airport

Aerodrome #ports

Aerodrome utilities support

$eneral Aviation Airport

%orporate aviation airport

Airport air cargo

commercial Airport

&egional Airport / 'ational

tourist Airport

(owcost airport

Airport hub
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Depending on the type of flights are two types

national Airport

international airport

Airports of general interest

Those who are )ualified to serve international traffic. Those who, by their location, characteristics or ability to generate traffic management may affect transport

airspace, or control over it.

Those who are eligible to be appointed as the previous alternative airports.

The interest for national defense.

National Airport

A 'ational Airport *also called internal or domestic airport+ is an airport serving domestic flights only, interior to t

same country, also called domestic flights. The airports lac national customs offices and passport control a

therefore can not serve flights coming from or going to a foreign airport.

These airports are generally short tracs where only small planes can maneuver and where they operate gene

aviation *ie noncommercial, air taxi, medical flights, charter, etc.+. In many countries lac of security checs a

metal scanners, but gradually have been incorporated.


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The trac is the most important part of an aerodrome as it allows the aircraft on earth reach the speeds necessary to

achieve the lift in the air, and allows aircraft in flight to land. The trac is part of an aerodrome airside. -xcept

excepeciones counted, every trac allows landing and taeoff of aircraft.

The tracs need to be long and wide enough to allow landing and taeoff operations those larger aircraft operating

the airport. That is, the trac will be the limiting factor for the different types of aircraft can land on it.

PASSEN%ER TER$INA"Are the buildings aerodrome land side that allow the management and control of passengers embaring or

disembaring aircraft. or passenger airports, terminals whose function is the connection between access modes,

with the mode of air transport: taxi, car, bus, train or subway.

oarding a ritish Airways plane from the platform.


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AIRCRAFT $AINTENANCE

The maintenance of aircraft operating at an airport is usually supplied by the largest airline operating at the airport

by speciali0ed companies, in the case of passenger aircraft. It should be noted that although many airports possess

basic maintenance services, only some of them offer more speciali0ed and complex.

AREAS OF C'AR%E

The airports usually have an area designated especially charging, with hangars for the storage of cargo to be

transported and e)uipment necessary for management and personnel.

(aggage !aro)sel*

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C"ASS +

%ROUND SUPPORT E,UIP$ENT

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pilots

directors, managers and supervisors of the different areas and airlines

firefighters

edical and paramedical services

administrative staff

and many others.

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The station !hief

The station chief controls the development of administrative and accounting functions and representing the companto airport authorities, passengers and to other airlines.


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Traffi! S)per.isor

>erify that the advice and service to passengers is done properly and friendly from the moment they ac)uire their

ticet to their approach

S)per.isor of lost and fo)nd

%hec your agents in tracing, location and baggage or items lost or forgotten by passengers.

Ad/inistrati.e Assistants

#upports the head office in handling controlling the collection and review of reports.

Passenger ser.i!e agent

rovides personali0ed attention to advice and service passengers and monitors the correct documentation passeng

gives the means to tell the passenger transportation.


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