Airport - Page 6

The skyline at the airport is dominated by a building most passengers will never enter but is crucial to their safety—the air traffic control tower. These tall buildings tower over the terminal buildings and parking lots that make up the rest of the airport. While all air traffic control towers are tall, the ones on

The aviation industry today has a very modern feeling, but it has a long history. Aviation, including commercial aviation, is over a century old! While we don’t fly in planes that are a hundred years old, some of the airports we fly out of have a storied history. Do you know which airports are the

Every year, millions of tons of freight move through American airports. Every time you order a package from a retailer on the other side of the country online, ship a present to a far-away relative, or buy something at the store that isn’t produced locally, chances are it gets to you by plane. Chances are,

Even many aviation enthusiasts don’t know much about African airports if they are based in the United States. Do you know which airports on the continent are the busiest and how many passengers they welcome a year? Keep reading to find out! Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world for air travel.

If you’re headed to Europe for a vacation or on a business trip, you’re not alone—millions of other people travel to Europe each year. Chances are, you might pass through some of the European continent’s busiest airports. Here are the airports in Europe where you can expect the most crowds. From a global perspective, Europe

Airports contain a variety of equipment to accommodate airplanes, crews, and passengers. One of the largest pieces of equipment is the jet bridge. Based on the name, some people may assume the bridge connects jets. However, the real use is much simpler. TLDR – A jet bridge is an enclosed, movable structure used at airports

It may surprise an aviation outsider to learn this, but airports are among the most challenging places for pilots to navigate. Planes are built to fly, and operating them on the ground isn’t always easy. They don’t have great visibility, they don’t turn around fast, and they can’t back up. Furthermore, those long wings have

PAPI lights are things most people have seen at airports but not realized just how cool they are. They’re mounted next to nearly every runway in the world, but they look like red lights to most people. From the pilot’s perspective, however, they’re an incredibly valuable tool to help them land. What Are PAPI Lights?

VASI lights explained: red over white means on the glide path. How 2-bar and 3-bar VASIs work, the FAA rule, and why only 522 US runway ends still use one.

Airports can be complicated places. They’re generally flat, with no easy to identify visual landmarks. There’s no standard layout or design–no usual way things are organized. Pilots visiting unfamiliar airports are at a considerable disadvantage, especially if the visibility is low or the weather is bad. To help them navigate safely, airport markings and signs