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Airport slot allocation
Airport slot allocation is the process by which congested airports assign airlines permission to land or take off at particular times, set twice yearly for winter and summer seasons.
Airport terminal
An airport terminal, also called an air terminal, is the airport building where passengers transfer between ground transportation and aircraft, containing check-in, security screening, baggage claim, and retail functions.
AirPort Time Capsule
The AirPort Time Capsule was an Apple wireless router combined with a built-in hard drive, sold from 2008 to 2018 for automatic Time Machine backups over Wi-Fi.
AirportlinkM7
AirportlinkM7 is a 6.7 km tolled twin-tunnel motorway in Brisbane's northern suburbs, linking Gympie Road to the Inner City Bypass. It opened in July 2012.
Airports Authority of India (भारतीय विमानपत्तन प्राधिकरण)
The Airports Authority of India (भारतीय विमानपत्तन प्राधिकरण) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Civil Aviation that manages most Indian airports and air navigation services.
Airports Council International
Airports Council International (ACI) is the global trade association representing the world's airports. Founded in 1991, it works from Montréal through five regional branches, including ACI Europe and ACI North America.
Airports of London
The airports of London are six commercial airports serving the city: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City, and Southend. Together they handled 177.7 million passengers in 2024, led by Heathrow, Europe's busiest hub airport.
Airports of Milan
Airports of Milan: the three-airport system of Malpensa (MXP, intercontinental hub), Linate (LIN, city airport on metro line M4), and Bergamo Orio al Serio (BGY, Ryanair low-cost base), with distances, fares, and traffic rules.
Airports of Thailand
Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT) is a Thai state-controlled listed company, 70% owned by the government, that operates six international airports including Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang.
AirPrint
AirPrint, also known as Apple AirPrint, is an Apple technology that prints from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to network printers with no drivers, announced in 2010.
Airprox
Airprox, short for aircraft proximity, is the ICAO code word for an air traffic incident in which aircraft safety was, or may have been, compromised.
Airrack
Airrack is the YouTube alias of American creator Eric Decker (born 1997), known for stealth challenge and prank videos. He went from about 1,500 subscribers to 1 million in 2020 and roughly 19 million by 2026.
Airrica
Airrica is the stage name of Erica Bell, an American house and techno DJ and producer from New Hampshire who has played Coachella and Tomorrowland.
Airs of the States
Airs of the States (国风, guofeng) is the first and largest section of the Classic of Poetry, China's oldest anthology, containing 160 poems from 15 Zhou states.
Airservices Australia
Airservices Australia is the Australian government-owned air navigation service provider managing 11 per cent of the world's airspace, established under the Air Services Act 1995.
Airship
An airship, also called a dirigible, is an engine-driven, lighter-than-air aircraft capable of powered, controlled flight; Germany's Zeppelins made it famous before the 1937 Hindenburg disaster.
AirSim
AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source simulator for drones, cars, and autonomous vehicles, created by Microsoft Research in 2017 on Unreal Engine.
Airsoft
Airsoft: recreational sport and training activity using realistic replica guns firing 6–8 mm spherical plastic pellets by spring, gas, or electric power; originated 1970s Japan; UK limits 1.3/2.5 joules, Dutch 3.5 J, US regulated under 16 CFR 1272.
Airsoft gun
An airsoft gun, also called a softgun, is a replica firearm firing 6 mm plastic BBs, originating in Japan in the 1970s for recreational skirmishing games.
Airspace
Airspace is the portion of the atmosphere above a territory organized for aircraft operation, over which each State holds complete and exclusive sovereignty under the 1944 Chicago Convention.
Airspace class
An airspace class is a lettered ICAO category, A through G, that determines what flight rules, ATC clearance, radio, and separation services apply in a given volume of airspace.
Airspace class (United States)
Airspace class in the United States is the FAA's letter system (A through E and G) defining air traffic control services, weather minimums, and pilot requirements.
Airspan
Airspan, also known as Airspan Networks, is an American wireless equipment vendor founded in 1992 that develops Open RAN hardware and software for 4G and 5G networks.
Airspeed Ambassador
The Airspeed Ambassador, also known as the AS.57 or BEA Elizabethan, was a British twin-engined piston airliner carrying 47 passengers, flown by BEA from 1952 to 1958 and remembered for the 1958 Munich air disaster.
Airspeed Horsa
The Airspeed Horsa, or Horsa glider, was a British wooden troop-carrying assault glider of the Second World War, used from Sicily in 1943 to the Rhine crossing in 1945.
Airstair
An airstair is a set of stairs built into or attached to an aircraft door, letting passengers board directly from the ground without a jet bridge.
Airstream
Airstream, or Airstream trailer, is an American travel trailer and motorhome manufacturer founded by Wally Byam in Los Angeles in 1931, known for its rounded, riveted aluminum trailers.
Airstream mechanism
Airstream mechanism: the phonetics term for how airflow is generated for speech, via pulmonic (lungs), velaric (tongue), or glottalic (larynx) pressure sources, in egressive or ingressive direction, yielding clicks, ejectives, and implosives.
Airtable
Airtable is a San Francisco company offering a collaborative relational database with a spreadsheet-like interface for building apps, workflows, and AI agents without traditional coding.
AirTag
AirTag, also known as Apple AirTag, is a coin-shaped item tracker sold by Apple since 2021 that locates keys, bags, and luggage through the crowdsourced Find My network.