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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Airport Facilities (Fasilitas Bandara)

Before I will provide the detail the main facilities of the airport, important to know what kind of facilities that have to be provided or constructed in the international airport. The facilities of the big and international airport shall be as follows :
Airport area devided in 2 (two) sides called airside and landside. Airside area for the aircraft operation, it's restricted area. Landside area is for public area like car parking, access road for passanger departure and arrival, supporting facilities/building.

Airside area :
1. Runway ; paved runway for take-off and landing purpose of the aircraft
2. Runway strip ; un-paved area at both side of the paved runway, shall be grassing as a safety area of the runway
3. Runway Thereshold and safety area at both edge of the runway
4.Taxiway ; paved access for the aircraft taxiing to and exit the runway. There are parallel and exit taxiway or also rapid exit taxiway.
5. Apron ; this facility usually pave by concrete slab for parking of the aircraft, push back and also apron taxilane
6. Apron access road ; for operation of the ground equipment, airport bus and others
7. ALS (airfield lighting system) and Approach Lighting System
8. DVOR ; Dopler Very High frequency Omni Radio range
9. AWOS (Automatic Weather Observation System) ;
10. Control Tower building that complete with air traffic service equipment or radio communication.
11. Terminal Building ; check-in counter area, waiting lounge area
12. Fire fighting trucks and other supporting facilities

Landside Area;

Landside facilities are :
1. Carpark, buspark, motorcycle
2. Access road
3. Terminal Building Domestic and International for Departure and Arrival
4. Security building
5. Clinic
6. others

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