Where your luggage may be checked to see if you are bringing illegal goods into the country
Security
Customs
Departures board
Where planes take off and land
Track
Runway
Gate
The feeling of tiredness and confusion that people experience after making a long journey by plane to a place where the time is different from the place they left
Jet lag
A building at an airport divided into Arrivals and Departures...
Check-in desk
Customs
Airport terminal
Where you show your boarding pass and ID and board your flight...
Security
(airline) Lounge
Gate
Where you take your luggage to check it in if you already have your boarding pass...
Customs
Bag(gage) Drop
Check-in desk
Where they check that you are not trying to take prohibited items (liquids or sharp objects) onto the plane by scanning your hand luggage and making you walk through a metal detector...
Airport terminal
Customs
Security
Where you give in any check-in luggage (Bags, cases, etc) and are given a boarding pass if you don't already have one...
Airport terminal
Check-in desk
Departures board
Where you collect your luggage on arrival and where there are usually trolleys for carrying heavy cases...
Baggage reclaim
(airline) Lounge
Gate
An electronic display showing flight times and if the flight is on time, boarding, closed or delayed
Departures board
Security
(airline) Lounge
A belt that fastens around you when you are travelling in a vehicle or aircraft and holds you in your seat, in order to reduce the risk of being injured in an accident
Seat belt
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