Types of operations
Airports provide two types of operations: land and aircraft.
The land operations are the different activities occurring at the landside of the airport and they include:
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Embarking, disembarking and transferring of passengers, crew, and cargo
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Storage and warehousing of merchandise on land
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Provide inland access and intermodal connections
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Complementary services to shipping carriers
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Provide immigration and customs checkpoints
The aircraft operations take place at the airside of the airport:
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Provide Air Traffic Control Services
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Weather observations
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Control aircraft on the runway and in the controlled airspace immediately surrounding the airport
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All other operations involving the landing and movement of aircraft across the airfield