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US 9,108,744 B2Granted
Airport construction
OwnerArthur S. Takeuchiinventor
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A major portion, if not the whole, of passenger facilities are located underground to reserve a virtually building-free ground level for the most efficient movements of aircraft. A number of pairs of parked positions of aircraft for loading/unloading are arranged in each of a number of rows. Adjacent aircraft face in opposite directions to facilitate loading/unloading from and to a pair of passenger gates located below each pair of such parked positions and to also facilitate forward movement of aircraft to and from such parked positions. The resulting arrangement is compact and allows efficient movement of aircraft to and from runways while also minimizing the distances passengers travel in moving from a terminal to gates and in moving from one gate to another. Loading/unloading ramps are moveable between inactive positions out of the paths of aircraft and active positions for loading and unloading. Two such ramps can be provided for fore and aft loading of one aircraft.
An airport comprising a ground level surface for support and horizontal movement of aircraft to and from runways, an underground surface below said ground level surface, said ground level surface including areas for loading and unloading of aircraft at parked positions, passenger gate areas on said underground surface and in underlying relation to said parked positions, and loading/unloading means for movement of passengers between said gate areas and to or from aircraft when in said parked positions, said loading/unloading means including first means for movement of passengers between a first level approximately that of said underground surface and landings at a second level approximately that of said ground level and second means for movement of passengers between said landings and a third level from and to which passengers can directly enter into and exit from aircraft, and upstanding structures that extend above said ground level surface and that overlie portions of said gate areas and of said landings to provide overhead protection for passengers when in said gate areas and when moving between said first level and said landings, wherein aircraft are movable longitudinally into said parked positions.
An airport comprising a ground level surface for support and horizontal movement of aircraft to and from runways, an underground surface below said ground level surface, passenger gate areas on said underground surface, said ground level surface including areas for support of aircraft at parked positions in overlying relation to said gate areas and including openings therein, and loading/unloading means for movement of passengers between said gate areas and to or from aircraft when in said parked positions, said loading/unloading means including first means for movement of passengers between a first level approximately that of said underground surface and landings at a second level approximately that of said ground level and second means for movement of passengers between said landings and a third level from and to which passengers can directly enter into and exit from aircraft, and upstanding structures that extend above said ground level surface and that overlie portions of said gate areas and of said landings to provide overhead protection for passengers when in said gate areas and when moving between said first level and said landings, wherein aircraft are movable longitudinally into said parked positions.
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