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airport

vr.tr.airport · PHY.BLT

Let an agent handle airports by code, location, facilities, operations, access and passenger rights.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle airports by code, location, facilities, operations, access and passenger rights.

A facility with runways or landing areas, terminals and services where aircraft take off and land and passengers and cargo are processed; includes international airports, cargo hubs and vertiports.

What it is for: Air transport of passengers and freight.

It can be find flights and terminals; plan ground transport; check security and baggage rules; request assistance for reduced mobility.

Distinguishing features

Aerodrome with commercial services

Identified by IATA and ICAO codes

Security-controlled zones

Regulated by aviation authorities

What it looks like

Runways, taxiways, terminals, control tower and aprons with aircraft.

Physical character

runway length: 1000-4500 m - commercial airports

How it is recognised

IATA and ICAO codes

Terminal names

Vertiports serve vertical take-off aircraft

Related models

is a kind of - category

aerodrome and transport structure

serves - users

airline and aircraft

is regulated by - regulator

civil aviation authority

is connected to - ground transport

city

In practice

Families and kinds

international airports

regional airports

cargo hubs

airports on artificial islands

vertiports

Identifiers

IATA airport code three letters passenger-facing

ICAO airport code four letters operational

Standards and regulation

ICAO Annex 14 aerodromes

EU Regulation 261/2004 passenger rights

EU Regulation 1107/2006 reduced mobility assistance

Aviation security rules

Failure modes and hazards

Delays and cancellations

Security incidents

Noise for neighbours

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.airport

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which airport.

Codes identify airports.

Codes

IATA and ICAO.

Codes

Airport codes.

  1. What are its IATA and ICAO codes? provenance
  2. Which city does it serve? definition

Facilities

Terminals.

Facilities

Facilities.

  1. Which terminals and airlines operate there? provenance
  2. How many passengers per year? measurement
Travel Passengers.

Passengers need practical data.

Transport

Getting there.

Transport

Ground transport.

  1. How can passengers reach the airport? action
  2. How long does it take? measurement

Security

Rules.

Security

Security rules.

  1. What are the liquids and baggage rules? provenance
  2. How early should passengers arrive? measurement
Rights Passenger rights.

Rights apply.

Delays

Compensation.

Delays

Delay rights.

  1. What compensation applies for delays or cancellations? boundary
  2. Under which regulation? provenance

Assistance

Reduced mobility.

Assistance

Assistance.

  1. How can assistance for reduced mobility be booked? action
  2. How far in advance? measurement
Operations Airside.

Operations are regulated.

Runways

Capacity.

Runways

Runway capacity.

  1. How many runways, and what capacity? measurement
  2. Are there night restrictions? boundary

Community

Noise.

Community

Noise.

  1. What noise limits apply? boundary
  2. How can neighbours complain? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should airports be instances with codes?
  • How should terminals be linked?
  • How should vertiports be separated?