baggage carousel
Airport claim belt
A baggage carousel is the rotating conveyor belt at an airport where passengers retrieve their checked luggage after a flight.
Travelers gather around the carousel in the arrivals area, watching for their bags to emerge from behind rubber flaps and circle past.
We waited twenty minutes at the baggage carousel before my suitcase finally appeared.
The term is sometimes shortened to simply carousel in airport contexts.
Those who come
- terminalAt the endpoint
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
cart · announcement · intercom · claim check · lost and found · arrival hall · passenger · airline
Endless loop transporter
- rotationTurning on an axis
- loopCurve closing on itself
- motorizedEquipped with engine propulsion
- automatedOperating without human control
belt · roller · track · circulation · movement · flow · system · serpentine
Portable travel container
- duffelCylindrical fabric bag
- backpackStrapped bag worn dorsally
- carry-onBag kept in cabin
- checked bagLuggage stored in cargo
hardshell · wheels · handle · tag · strap · zipper · lock · compartment
Bring items together
- retrieveGet something back
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- unclaimedNot yet taken
- belongingsThings you possess
personal items · identification · tagged · lost property · waiting · scanning · grabbing · spotting
arrivals
Those who come
- terminalAt the endpoint
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
trolley · cart · announcement · intercom · claim check · lost and found · arrival hall · passenger · airline · gate
conveyor belt
Endless loop transporter
automated · belt · roller · track · circulation · movement · flow · system · serpentine · chain
suitcase
Portable travel container
checked bag · hardshell · wheels · handle · tag · strap · zipper · lock · compartment · garment bag
collect
Bring items together
belongings · personal items · identification · tagged · lost property · waiting · scanning · grabbing · spotting · lifting
- airportterminal, gate, gates, runway, arrivals
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runway
- baggagesuitcase, checked bag, carry-on, bag drop, overhead bin
- transit hubsairport, airport terminal, airports, train station, train stations
- airport techradar, scanner, metal detector, conveyor belt, jetway
baggage carouselcheck-in counter
Airport passenger processing station
check-in desk · boarding gate · security checkpoint · baggage drop · departure gate