Talk:Airport terminal

Ownership

How often are airport terminals owned (and in some cases, also operated) by the airline companies using the terminals as their hubs? Is it usual for city or local governments to ask airline companies to invest to the construction of new terminals? Umofomo (talk) 00:26, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

@Umofomo: In the US, airport terminals are almost always owned by county and municipal authorities. These airports then lease gates to airlines and those airlines are granted sole use of them, according to Gates, terminals, fees, and the business of airports. Hopefully this answers your question, and sorry for the 6-year delay in answering this.

Transportation within the terminal for mobility-impaired passengers

I came to this article hoping to find the name of those little two or four passenger open "busses" that take mobility-impaired passengers to the boarding gate. But answer came there none. Anyone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.11.54 (talk) 18:16, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

A section on disability access in airport terminals would be immensely helpful. In the U.S. airports and airlines are required by law to help facilitate certain levels of accessibility for the disabled. The Department of Transportation has more information and links to the laws (Air Carrier Access Act, American Disabilities Act, etc.): https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/disabilitybillofrights

https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/aviation-consumer-protection/traveling-disability 2600:1700:6190:C9C0:65ED:E7DA:E0CC:FD58 (talk) 18:31, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Berlin Tegel

The article claims that there was no provision for airside transit at Berlin Tegel airport. There was a connecting walkway on a mezzanine level above the check-in-counters, similar to the earlier Terminal 1 at Cologne/Bonn, although neither was stepfree. Many terminals with decentralised check in had similar connecting corridors, often with access to duty free shops or toilets in obscure locations. 212.202.43.183 (talk) 15:36, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

"Plain style"

From our article: most airport terminals are built in a plain style (the section is Airport terminal#Architectural styles.). The only plain style I know is Portuguese Plain Style architecture, and this is definitely not what the text is trying to say. BTW, I did not find this phrase in the quoted (archived) sources. In any case, the Frommers is not a great RS for architectural topics, this language is one more proof of that. I am planning to (1) add a better-sourced text and (2) if there will be no objections, to simply remove the paragraph that contains the quote. Викидим (talk) 20:11, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

No objections,  Done Викидим (talk) 20:28, 3 November 2024 (UTC)

Lists

List of terminals (the designs and the "largest" table) are waaaaaay too long for the article and appear to be WP:UNDUE. I am hereby seeking a consensus to trim them. Викидим (talk) 00:02, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Layouts

Terms used for the layouts are not quite settled. I am trying to use a single tertiary source (Britannica) for consistency. It would be nice to change the illustration to conform to the Britannica's vision. Викидим (talk) 08:35, 29 July 2024 (UTC)