DEFINITION OF TERMS:

AMENITIES:
That part of a terminal building housing convenience,
service, and diversion facilities for the passengers, tenants,
and public .

AVERAGE PEAK HOUR :

The peak hour of the average peak day. The peak hour is the
one-hour period of any peak day during which the highest
percentage of the day's traffic is experienced. The average peak
day is the average of the top 37 days (10 percent) of a year in
terms of traffic volume .

BAGGAGE DIVERTER :
A mechanical device for transferring baggage from a moving
conveyor belt to a baggage claim counter in such manner that the
baggage is evenly distributed along the baggage counter.

BOARDING CONTROL POINT:

The point at which a passenger's credentials are inspected
to assure that he is authorized to board a particular flight .
Normally, this point is located in the vicinity of the gate from
which the flight will depart .

BOARDING PASSENGER :
Any originating or connecting passenger authorized to board
a flight .

CONNECTING PASSENGER:
A passenger who arrives on one flight only for the purpose
of transferring to another flight to reach his destination. These
passengers are broken down into two categories : intraline and
interline passengers .

CUSTOMS:
This is an area under federal jurisdiction through which
passengers arriving from foreign countries are required by law to
pass in order to make a declaration related to baggage which is
accompanying them upon entry to the United States . This area
is used for receipt of a declaration and/or examination of
baggage. If duty is required ;the customs agent will receive same
in the customs area . Special attention must
be paid to the design of this area because of changing techniques
of operation.

DEPARTURE ROOM:
An assembly area, including the boarding control point,
located at a gate position(s) for passaengers pending
availability of aircraft for boarding .

DEPLANING:
Any passenger, cargo, baggage, visitor, ate., which is
related to the unloading
from an arriving flight .

DOMESTIC PASSENGERS :
All passengers traveling in the United States or its
territories are considered as domestic . Foreign nationals within
the confines and territory require no special checking
and operate as domestics.

ENPLANING :
Any passenger, cargo, baggage, visitor, etc., which is
related to the boarding
of a departing flight .

FIS :
FIS is an abbreviation for Federal Inspection Services . It
is utilized as an
all-inclusive term for the U.S . Public Health, Immigration, and
Naturalization Service, the Department of Agriculture, and U.S .
Customs.

GATE :
A location to which aircraft are brought for the purpose of
discharging and
Loading passengers and their baggage.

GATE CONCOURSE:
An extension from the main terminal building primarily
intended to provide protected access for passengers between the
main terminal building and the gates . In addition to the
passenger corridor, the concourse may include airline functional
areas and minimum consumer services .

GROUND TRANSPORTATION :
The independently operated transportation vehicles scheduled
for passengers'
use between airports and the areas served thereby is called
ground transportation .

IMMIGRATION:
This area is devoted to the examination of passports of
United States nationals and aliens seeking to enter the United
States . Consideration for design correlated
with federal authorities . and function of this area must be

INTERLINE CONNECTING(ION):
A term used to describe passengers and baggage which arrive
on the flight of one airline and depart on a flight of another.

INTOWN TERMINAL :
A facility located apart from the airport, usually in the
downtown area of the city, at which passengers may be processed,
baggage is checked to passengers destinations, and from which
ground transportation is provided .

INTERLINE CONNECTING(ION):
A term used which arrive to describe passengers and baggage
on one flight and depart on another flight of the same airline.

IN-TRANSIT PASSENGER :
If an internationally bound aircraft stops at an airport for
and a remaining number of passengers are to be detained refueling
or discharge of passengers in the aircraft for another
destination.

SHORT-HAUL :
A term used to define flights or traffic which travel over a
relatively short distance as opposed to those which travel over a
long distance . Normally, short-haul passengers arrive at the
airport of origin later than long-haul passengers, carry less
baggage than long-haul passengers, and are accompanied to or met
at the airport by
fewer persons than long-haul passengers .

STANDBY PASSENGER :
A passenger not holding confirmed space but who is on hand
at departure time for space that might become available.

TERMINATING PASSENGER:
A passenger who has arrived at his destination.

THROUGH PASSENGER :
A passenger who arrives and departs on the same flight .

TRANSFER BAGGAGE ROOM :

The area to which checked baggage of connecting passengers
is delivered for sorting by flights prior to its being dispatched
to the aircraft for loading . This may be combined with the
outbound baggage room at some locations.

UNIT TERMINAL :
One of several functionally complete terminal areas (which
may be in the same or several buildings) each of which houses the
activities of one or more airlines.