1. Airfield x Aerodrome x Airport
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2. Try to deduce the difference between these three words by the following definitons…

3. An area of land used for the take-off and landing of aircraft,excluding buildings and installations..
An AIRFIELD

4. A defined area of land or water,including buildings and installations,used for the take-off and landing of aircraft..
An AERODROME

5. An aerodrome which may handle scheduled air traffic and often has Customers and other travel facilities..
An AIRPORT

6. A place where the clearences for flights are issued.
ATC tower

7. A visual aid that provides guidance information to help a pilot acquire and maintain the correct approach to an aerodrome or an airport
Papilights

8. The area of an airport where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, or boarded.
Apron

9. A place at the airport which is used for takeoffs and landings.
Active runway

10. A small airport suitable only for use by helicopters,contain from one or more helipads.
Heliport

11. A path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
Taxiway

12. A large building used to houase aircraft undergoing general maintenance and repars
Hangar

13. A system installed on the approach end of an airport runway and consisting of a series of lightbars and lights.
Lighting system

14. A bright orange tube which will fly in the wind to indicate its direction
Windsock

15. Hardened aircraft shelter (HAS)
a reinforced hangar to house and protect military aircraft from enemy attack.
Hardened aircraft shelter (HAS)

16. Overshoot/Undershoot
An area before or behind the active runway.
Overshoot/Undershoot

17. The beginning of the usable runway.
Threshold

18. Aicraft have to stop here and wait fof permission from the ATC tower before they can proceed down the runway.
Holding point

19. The portion of a runway, beyond the threshold, where it is intended landing aircraft first contact the runway.
Touchdown zone

20. The points on the runway where a pilot aims to touch down.
Aiming points

21. Arresting system(barrier)
A system installed at the end of the runway used to stop the aircraft which have overshooted.
Arresting system(barrier)