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An airport departures board

Read an airport departures board to practise and improve your reading skills.

Definition

A site where planes may land or take off is an airport. Most airports in the world simply have a runway, which is a lengthy stretch of level terrain. There are several airports with structures for housing planes and people. A terminal is a structure where people wait for their flights or luggage.

An airport departures board is a list of all the flights that are departing from a particular airport. The information on the board includes the flight number, the destination, the time of departure, and the gate number.

Examples

DEPARTURES

Time

Flight

Destination

Gate

Remarks

10:45

XZ 3265

Chennai

17

Departed

10:50

SQ 0972

Amsterdam

23

Departed

11:00

SQ 2509

Mexico City

19

Departed

11:05

RT 9122

Buenos Aires

34

Cancelled

11:10

XZ 6005

Los Angeles

05

Final call

11:20

QE 0078

Beijing

33

Final call

11:25

TY 2053

Christchurch

56

Delayed

11:25

ER 7452

Seoul

25

Boarding

11:30

XZ 0352

Moscow

12

Boarding

11:35

XZ 0569

Kuala Lumpur

27

Gate change

Conclusion

A schedule listing the times at which certain events, such as arrivals and departures at a transportation station, are expected to take place. Nonprimary airports are identified with a role in the national airport system based on their activity. Five roles are utilized: National, Regional, Local, Basic, and Unclassified. An airport has two major components; an airfield and terminals. A typical airfield is composed of a runway for takeoffs and landings as well as two (or one) parallel taxiing lanes (taxiway).

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