Airport terminal
Definition
The main building or complex of buildings located within an airport, specially designed and equipped with the necessary logistical infrastructure for passenger and aircrew services, check-in and boarding formalities, security control, baggage sorting, and air transport flow management.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Airport terminal
- Air terminal
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun with standard structural variations for relational and plural forms. |
| Formation | Etymological compound tracing back to the combination of the prefix 'aero-' and the French loanword 'gare'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.e.ro.ˈga.rə] |
| Source | Glossary of International Civil Aviation and Technical Airport Infrastructure Standards |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Noua aerogară a fost inaugurată ieri, având o capacitate de procesare de peste un milion de pasageri pe an.
EN: The new air terminal was inaugurated yesterday, having a processing capacity of over one million passengers per year.
RO: Pasagerii sunt rugați să se prezinte în aerogară cu trei ore înainte de decolarea curselor internaționale.
EN: Passengers are requested to present themselves in the airport terminal three hours before the departure of international flights.
RO: Arhitectul a proiectat o aerogară modernă din sticlă și oțel, optimizată pentru reducerea consumului de energie.
EN: The architect designed a modern glass and steel passenger terminal, optimized for reducing energy consumption.
Idioms & Phrases
Aerogară de pasageri / Passenger air terminal
RO: Clădire destinată exclusiv fluxurilor de călători, separată structural de terminalele de mărfuri (cargo).
EN: A building intended exclusively for traveler flows, structurally separated from cargo terminals.
Flux de aerogară / Terminal passenger flow
RO: Organizare logistică și digitală a traseului parcurs de călători din momentul intrării în clădire până la urcarea în avion.
EN: Logistical and digital organization of the path taken by travelers from the moment they enter the building until boarding.
Zonă de tranzit în aerogară / Airport transit area
RO: Spațiu securizat aflat dincolo de filtrele de control unde pasagerii așteaptă legăturile aeriene în magazinele duty-free.
EN: A secured space located past the security checkpoints where passengers wait for flight connections in duty-free shops.
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