jetways
Enclosed passenger walkways
Jetways are enclosed, movable walkways connecting airport terminal gates to aircraft doors, allowing passengers to board and exit without going outside.
Also called jet bridges or boarding bridges.
We waited in the jetway while they prepared the cabin.
The term sometimes extends to any covered airport walkway.
Movable boarding bridges
- terminalsEnd stations or connectors
- gatesMovable barriers at openings
- apronsTorso coverings for work
- airbridgesCovered boarding passages
ramps · concourses · tarmac · runways · taxiways · airports · hubs · connectors
Beginning a voyage
- deplaningExiting an aircraft
- passengersTransported travelers
- queuingStanding in ordered sequence
- doorsHinged passage barriers
aircraft · fuselage · threshold · connection · wheelchair access · priority · first class · business class
Study of pressurized liquids
- telescopingSliding sections that compact
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
- retractableAble to draw inward
- cabVehicle for hire
rotation · elevation · climate control · heating · cooling · pressurization · seals · mechanisms
gangways
Movable boarding bridges
airbridges · ramps · concourses · tarmac · runways · taxiways · airports · hubs · connectors · walkways
embarkation
Beginning a voyage
- deplaningExiting an aircraft
- passengersTransported travelers
- queuingStanding in ordered sequence
doors · aircraft · fuselage · threshold · connection · wheelchair access · priority · first class · business class · economy
hydraulics
Study of pressurized liquids
- telescopingSliding sections that compact
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
- retractableAble to draw inward
cab · rotation · elevation · climate control · heating · cooling · pressurization · seals · mechanisms · steel
- airportsairports, airport, terminals, terminal building, runways