terminal buildings

Where flights board

Terminal buildings are structures at airports, bus stations, or ports where passengers begin and end their journeys—checking in, waiting, boarding, and collecting luggage.

The term emphasizes the architectural structure itself: The new terminal building features soaring glass walls.

Usually shortened to simply "terminal" in everyday speech.

Related

security checkpoints · security screening · boarding gates · VIP lounges · waiting area · duty free shops · train stations · retail shops · food courts · escalators · heliports · tram stops · parking garages · information desks · moving walkways · restrooms · skylights · surveillance cameras

Categories
Opposites
airport/transport facility zones

terminal buildingsrunway

Paved path for planes

runways · airfield · tarmac · apron · taxiway

journey phase locations

terminal buildingsen route

Currently in transit

in transit · in flight · airborne · aircraft cabin · train carriage

transportation node type

terminal buildingsrail lines

Fixed routes for trains

highways · shipping lanes · flight corridors · transit routes · waypoints

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G