airside

Airside includes the gates, aprons, taxiways and runways, and reaching it needs a boarding pass or a staff pass. Airside vantage points are the best a passenger terminal offers, which is why some spotting locations are only useful on a day you are flying.

Nearby in Aviation

• ADS-B — A system in which an aircraft continually broadcasts its own position, derived from satellite navigation.
• apron — The paved area where aircraft park, load, refuel and are serviced.
• APU — A small turbine engine, usually in the tail, that supplies electrical power and bleed air on the ground.
• ATIS — A looped broadcast of an airport's current weather, runway in use and other essential information.