hoverport
Hovercraft docking station
A hoverport is a terminal or station for hovercraft—vehicles that travel on a cushion of air over water or flat terrain.
The term parallels airport and heliport: The cross-Channel hoverport at Dover closed in 2000.
Hoverports were most common in the mid-20th century when hovercraft seemed poised to revolutionize transportation.
Registering one's presence
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- departureAct of going away
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
- loungeComfortable waiting room
baggage · customs · security · boarding · passengers · duty-free · concourse · announcements
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- antigravityForce opposing downward pull
- frictionlessHaving no resistance
- thrustForceful forward motion
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
Central connection point
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- depotVehicle storage facility
- stationFixed stopping point
- connectionA joining or relation
commuter · shuttle · cargo · freight · intercity · network · route · destination
Spacecraft launch facility
- aerodromeSmall airport facility
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- retro-futurismNostalgic vision of tomorrow
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
zero-emission · next-generation · prototype · experimental · speculative
check-in
Registering one's presence
lounge · baggage · customs · security · boarding · passengers · duty-free · concourse · announcements · ticketing
maglev
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- antigravityForce opposing downward pull
- frictionlessHaving no resistance
- thrustForceful forward motion
hub
Central connection point
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- depotVehicle storage facility
- stationFixed stopping point
connection · commuter · shuttle · cargo · freight · intercity · network · route · destination · origin
spaceport
Spacecraft launch facility
- aerodromeSmall airport facility
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- retro-futurismNostalgic vision of tomorrow
megacity · zero-emission · next-generation · prototype · experimental · speculative
platform
Raised flat structure
hoverportsubway station
Underground railway platform
underground station · airport · railway station · train station · bus station
port, airport, hover, portable, hovering, seaport, hovers, hovered, hoverboard