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Makurdi Airport Terminal Building, Markurdi, Benue State
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(7.) Boarding Passenger:Any originating or connecting passenger authorized to board a flight.
(8.)
Connecting Passenger:A passenger who arrives on one flight only for the
purpose of transferring to another flight to reach her destination.
These passengers are broken down into two categories: intraline and
interline passengers.
(9.) Connector:The connector consists of the
structure(s) and/or facilities normally located between the aircraft
gate and the main terminal building, at low activity airports, i.e.,
less than approximately 200,000 annual enplaned passengers, this
component is often combined with the terminal building component. It
normally contains the following elements:
Concourse: A passageway for circulation between aircraft gate parking positions and the main terminal building.
Departing
Lounge: An area for assembling and holding passengers prior to a flight
departure. In some instances, it may be a mobile lounge also used to
transport passengers to a parked aircraft.
Security Inspection
Station: A control point for passenger and baggage inspection and
controlling public access to parked aircraft.
Airline Operation
Areas: Areas set aside for airline personnel, equipment, and servicing
activities related to aircraft arrivals and departures.
Passenger
Amenities: Areas normally provided in both the connector as well as the
terminal components, particularly at the busier airports with relatively
long connectors. These amenities include rest rooms, snack bars,
beverage lounges, and other concessions and passenger services.
Building
Maintenance and Utilities: Areas often included in the connector to
provide terminal building maintenance and utilities.
(10.)Customs:
This is an area under federal jurisdiction through which passengers
arriving from foreign countries are require by law to pass, in order to
make a declaration related to baggage which is accompanying them upon
entry to the a country. 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.
(11.)
Departing Room:An assembly area, including the boarding control point,
located at a gate position(s) for passengers pending availability of
aircraft for boarding.
(12.) Deplaning:Any passenger, cargo, baggage, visitor, etc., which is related to the unloading from an arriving flight.
(13.)
Domestic Passengers: All passengers travelling in the territorial
limits of a country or its terriories are considered as domestic.
Foreign nationals within the confines and territory require no special
checking and operate as domestics.
(14.) Enplaning: Any passenger, cargo, baggage, visitor, etc., which is related to the boarding of a departing flight.
(15.) Gate: A location to which aircraft are brought for the purpose of discharging and loading passengers and their baggage.
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