Airport & Flying
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- air milesnoun · B2Points earned by flying, spent on future travel.
- air pocketnoun · C1A sudden drop caused by a change in the air.
- airstairnoun · C2The steps rolled up to an aircraft door.
- aisle seatnoun · B1A seat beside the walkway.
- altitude sicknessnoun · B2Illness caused by thin air high in the mountains.
- apron/ˈeɪ.pɹən/noun · C1The paved area where aircraft park and load.
- arrivals hallnoun · B1The area where people wait to meet passengers.
- autopilot/ˈɔːtəʊˌpaɪlət/noun · C2The system that flies the aircraft without hands.
- baggage allowancenoun · B2How much luggage your ticket lets you take.
- baggage handlernoun · B2The worker who loads and unloads luggage.
- baggage reclaimnoun · B2The belt where bags come round after landing.
- black box/ˈblæk.bɒx/noun · B2The recorder kept to explain a crash afterwards.
- boarding gatenoun · B1The door you go through to reach your aircraft.
- boarding pass/ˈbɔɹdɪŋ ˌpæs/phrase · B1The ticket with your seat and gate that gets you onto the plane.
- brace positionnoun · C1The posture taken before an emergency landing.
- business classnoun · B1A more comfortable and expensive cabin.
- cabin crewnoun · B2The staff who look after passengers in flight.
- cabin pressurenoun · B2The air pressure kept inside an aircraft.
- callsignnoun · C1The name a pilot uses on the radio.
- cancelledadjective · A2+Called off and not going at all.
- check-in desknoun · B1The counter where you hand over your luggage.
- cockpit/ˈkɒkˌpɪt/noun · B1+The front cabin where the pilots fly the plane.
- concourse/ˈkɒŋkɔː(ɹ)s/noun · C1The wide open hall inside a terminal.
- connecting flightnoun · B2The second flight of a journey with a change.
- control towernoun · B2The tall building from which aircraft are directed.
- cruising altitudenoun · C1The steady height a flight settles at.
- customs/ˈkʌs.təmz/noun · B1The airport control where officers may open your bags.
- declare/dɪˈklɛə/verb · B2To state something openly and officially.
- delayed/dəˈleɪd/adjective · A2+Running later than the scheduled time.
- departure boardnoun · B1The screen listing flights and their times.
- direct flightnoun · B1A flight that does not stop on the way.
- diverted/daɪˈvɜːtəd/adjective · B2+Sent to a different airport than planned.
- domestic flightnoun · B2A flight that stays inside one country.
- duty freenoun · B2Shops selling goods without the usual tax.
- economy classnoun · B1The cheapest and most crowded cabin.
- emergency exitnoun · B1The marked door used only when everyone must get out fast.
- evacuation slidenoun · C1The inflatable chute for leaving an aircraft fast.
- excess baggagenoun · B2Luggage over the allowance, charged extra.
- first classnoun · B1The most luxurious cabin on a flight.
- flight numbernoun · B1The code identifying one particular service.
- flight pathnoun · B2The route an aircraft follows through the sky.
- frequent flyernoun · B2A traveller who collects points from an airline.
- fuselage/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/noun · C1The main tube-shaped body of an aircraft.
- gate changenoun · B2An announcement that your departure door has moved.
- ground crewnoun · B2The workers who service aircraft between flights.
- hand luggagenoun · B1The bag you carry onto the plane with you.
- hold luggagenoun · B2The bags stored beneath the cabin.
- holding patternnoun · C1Circling in the air while waiting to land.
- immigration/ɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃn/noun · B2+The official process of being allowed into a country.
- international/ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.(ə.)n(ə)l/adjective · A2+Involving two or more countries.
- jet bridgenoun · C1The covered walkway from the gate to the aircraft door.
- jet enginenoun · B2The engine that pushes an aircraft by burning fuel fast.
- jet lag/ˈd͡ʒɛt.læɡ/phrase · B2The dazed tiredness after flying across many time zones.
- kiosk check-innoun · B2The machine you use to check yourself in.
- landing gearnoun · B2The wheels and legs an aircraft lands on.
- layover/ˈleɪˌəʊvə(ɹ)/noun · B1+The waiting hours at a middle airport between two flights.
- legroom/ˈlɛɡɹuːm/noun · B2+The space in front of your seat.
- life vestnoun · B1The inflatable jacket stowed under your seat.
- liquids rulenoun · B2The limit on how much liquid you may carry aboard.
- long-hauladjective · B2Describing a very long flight between continents.
- long-stay car parknoun · B2Parking meant for travellers away for days.
- lost luggagenoun · B1Bags that did not arrive with you.
- lounge/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/noun · B1A quiet room where certain passengers wait.
- luggage tagnoun · B1The label showing where a bag should go.
- metal detectornoun · B2The archway that beeps at metal on your person.
- nothing to declarephrase · B2The channel for travellers carrying nothing taxable.
- overbookedadjective · B2+Sold to more passengers than there are seats.
- overhead lockernoun · B2The closed shelf above the seats for small bags.
- oxygen masknoun · B2The mask that drops if cabin air pressure fails.
- passport controlnoun · B1The desk where your travel document is checked.
- priority boardingnoun · B2The right to get on the aircraft before others.
- propeller/pɹəˈpɛl.ə/noun · B2The spinning blades that pull a small aircraft along.
- purser/ˈpɝsɚ/noun · C1The senior cabin crew member on a flight.
- recline/ɹɪˈklaɪn/verb · B2To tilt a seat backwards.
- red-eye/ˈɹɛdaɪ/noun · C1A flight that travels through the night.
- refuellingnoun · B2+Filling an aircraft's tanks before the next flight.
- runway/ˈɹʌnweɪ/noun · B1+The long flat strip where planes speed up and leave the ground.
- safety demonstrationnoun · B2The briefing on what to do in an emergency.
- scanner beltnoun · B2The moving strip that carries bags through an x-ray.
- seat numbernoun · A2The place assigned to you on the plane.
- seatbelt signnoun · B1The lit symbol telling you to fasten up.
- security checknoun · B1The point where passengers and bags are screened.
- short-hauladjective · B2Describing a short flight, usually within a region.
- shuttle busnoun · B1The bus that carries passengers across an airfield.
- standby/ˈstændˌbaɪ̯/noun · B2Waiting for a seat that somebody else does not take.
- take-offnoun · B1The moment an aircraft leaves the ground.
- tarmac/ˈtɑː(ɹ)mæk/noun · B2+The hard surface of an airfield.
- taxiwaynoun · C1The path aircraft move along between runway and stand.
- terminal/ˈtɚmɪnəl/adjective · C1Describing an illness that cannot be survived.
- time differencenoun · B1The gap in clock time between two places.
- touchdown/ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/noun · B2The moment wheels meet the runway again.
- transit/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/noun · C1Passing through an airport without entering the country.
- tray tablenoun · B1The small flat surface that folds down in front of you.
- trolleynoun · B2The big metal basket on wheels you push around a supermarket.
- turbulence/ˈtɜː.bjə.ləns/noun · B2+The rough shaking of a plane in unsteady air — seatbelts on.
- upgrade/ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/<q:noun>noun · B2A move to a better class of seat.
- visa/ˈviː.zə/noun · B2+The official permission stamped in your passport to enter a country.
- window seatphrase · B1The plane seat with the view of the clouds.
- wingtipnoun · B2+The very end of an aircraft wing.