Nov 3, 2006 08:47
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taxi in, push back
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Infrastructural characteristics of a prospective airport, designed for low-cost airlines.
Data for the runway and the apron are followed by this item:
Access to terminal: taxi in, push back
Can someone explain what exactly it means?
Data for the runway and the apron are followed by this item:
Access to terminal: taxi in, push back
Can someone explain what exactly it means?
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how planes get to the stand/gate
This is about how planes get to the stand or gate where they "park" for passengers to get on/off. As I understand it, taxi in means that they can cruise in along the tarmac under their own power - i.e. they land on the runway and continue taxiing all the way to the "parking" place, while push back means that a mechanical truck pushes the place backwards from the stand before it turns round and heads for the runway - so the plane needs mechanical assistance to reverse out but not to come in.
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the way crafts get to the gate/stand or are taken away from it
When a plane taxis in, it has just landed and is slowing down to approach its gate or the place where it will "park", the stand.
Pushback is:
A pushback is a technique where an aircraft is pushed backwards away from an airport gate, where there is usually no room for a large aircraft to turn around. Pushbacks are carried out by special, low-profile vehicles called pushback tractors or tugs.
Although aircraft can also reverse using reverse thrust (called doing a powerback), this may cause damage to the terminal building or equipment because of jet blast. Engines close to the ground may blow sand and debris forward and then suck it in to the engine, causing damage. It is also very noisy. A pushback using a tractor is therefore the preferred way.
Pushback is:
A pushback is a technique where an aircraft is pushed backwards away from an airport gate, where there is usually no room for a large aircraft to turn around. Pushbacks are carried out by special, low-profile vehicles called pushback tractors or tugs.
Although aircraft can also reverse using reverse thrust (called doing a powerback), this may cause damage to the terminal building or equipment because of jet blast. Engines close to the ground may blow sand and debris forward and then suck it in to the engine, causing damage. It is also very noisy. A pushback using a tractor is therefore the preferred way.
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get close to the gate, get away from gate (for airplane)
taxiing for an airplane means move on the ground slowly, after landing or before take of. It does this using it's own engines. but when it is pushed back (from the gates) it is with the help of a "push back cart", because using the engines would be dangerous for the equipement and persons sourounding near the airplane, they may suffer jet blast.
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