Editing Airport (section)

==Facilities==
[[File:Cape Town International Airport Departures Area.jpg|thumb|[[Cape Town International Airport]]'s check-in hall|link=Special:FilePath/File:Cape_Town_International_Airport_Departures_Area.jpg]]

[[File:2018-04-22-10-39-30-IMG 8270 (47054933302).jpg|thumb|[[Helsinki–Vantaa Airport]]'s security clearance gates]]

The area where the aircraft parks to load passengers and baggage is known as an ''apron'' or ''ramp'' (or incorrectly,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haroon |first1=K |url=https://www.theairlinepilots.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1096 |title=The Airline Pilots Forum & Resource |website=theairlinepilots.com |access-date=25 April 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510093833/https://www.theairlinepilots.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1096 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=March 2025|certain=y}} "the tarmac").

[[File:Mumbai 03-2016 114 Airport international terminal interior.jpg|thumb|Terminal 2 at [[Mumbai]]'s [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport]].]]

===Airport security===
{{Main|Airport security}}
{{See also|Airport security repercussions due to the September 11 attacks}}
[[File:Flughafenkontrolle.jpg|thumb|Baggage is scanned using [[X-ray generator|X-ray machines]] as passengers walk through [[metal detector]]s]]
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===Products and services===
[[File:HFX Airport 5.jpg|left|thumb|Food court and shops, [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport]], Canada]]
[[File:Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (Ank Kumar) 01.jpg|thumb|Duty-free shop at [[Kempegowda International Airport]], [[Bengaluru]], [[India]]]]

Most major airports provide commercial outlets for products and services. Most of these companies, many of which are internationally known brands, are located within the departure areas. These include clothing boutiques and restaurants and in the US amounted to $4.2&nbsp;billion in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gross|first1=Daniel|title=Your Misery at the Airport Is Great for Business|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/09/why_airport_retail_is_booming.html|access-date=September 8, 2017|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907225602/http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/09/why_airport_retail_is_booming.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Prices charged for items sold at these outlets are generally higher than those outside the airport. However, some airports now regulate costs to keep them comparable to "street prices". This term is misleading as prices often match the [[manufacturers' suggested retail price]] (MSRP) but are almost never discounted.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crockett |first=Zachary |date=2019-07-20 |title=Why is airport food so expensive? |url=https://thehustle.co/airport-food-expensive/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=The Hustle}}</ref>

Many new airports include walkthrough duty-free stores that require air passengers to enter a retail store upon exiting security.<ref>Menno Hubregtse, [https://books.google.com/books?id=U77RDwAAQBAJ ''Wayfinding, Consumption, and Air Terminal Design''] (London: Routledge, 2020), 44-47.</ref>

[[File:Smoking room at Abu Dhabi International Airport 07.jpg|thumb|upright|Smoking area inside Abu Dhabi airport.]]
Apart from major fast food chains, some airport restaurants offer regional cuisine specialties for those in transit so that they may sample local food without leaving the airport.<ref>USA Today newspaper, October 17, 2006, p. 2D</ref>

=== Premium and VIP services ===
[[File:ZiaAirportVIP-01.jpg|thumb|left|[[Shahjalal International Airport]]'s VIP [[Airport terminal|Terminal]], [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh ]]
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=== Cargo and freight service ===
{{Empty section|date=March 2025}}[[File:Aeroporto Internacional de Guararapes.jpg|thumb|[[Recife International Airport]] in [[Recife]], Brazil.]]

=== Access and onward travel ===
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=== Internal transport ===
[[File:Hong Kong International Airport APM Midfield Concourse Station Train.jpg|thumb|[[Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover|Automated People Mover]] system at [[Hong Kong International Airport]].]]
{{see also|List of airport people mover systems}}
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