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Appendix A Glossary
Pages 27-34

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... Choice of period depends on functional components considered and demand characteristics. 20 Reprint from Measuring Airport Landside Capacity, Special Report 215, Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
From page 28...
... It may include ticket inspection, issuance of boarding pass and seat assignment, baggage checking, ticketing, and preliminary inspection of immigration documents and may occur at ticket counter or gate area. To speed processing, some steps may be completed in advance of passenger arrival at the airport CLEAR ZONE.
From page 29...
... Functional components unable to meet demand characteristics and maintain adequate service levels may become limits to capacity.
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... and the commercial service airports serving that area that account for at least 0.05 percent of all passengers enplaned annually in the United States. Because some SMSAs are served by more than one airport, there are fewer hubs than there are hub airports.
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... Such airports increase access for general aviation to the community and may be candidate locations for airlines wishing to expand service or enter new markets. The NPIAS lists 227 reliever airports.
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... SERVICE-LEVEL TARGET. Minimum or maximum tolerable service level during a particular analysis period established by airport operator, airlines, the FAA, and the community to guide decision making.
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... Broadly understood to include passengers9 airlines, cargo shippers, concessionaires, and others who use auport landside facilities and services. In this report, passengers are the principal users, and are served by airlines .


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