May 20, 2013
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An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport. An airport consists of at least one surface such as a runway for a plane to take off and land, a helipad, or water for takeoffs and landings, and often includes buildings such as control towers, hangars and terminal buildings.
Larger airports may have fixed base operator services, seaplane docks and ramps, air traffic control, passenger facilities such as restaurants and lounges, and emergency services. A military airport is known as an airbase or air station.
A water airport is a water aerodrome, usually with passenger facilities on adjacent land, which acts as an airport.
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![More Muslims facing discrimination at US, EU airports [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-4173000/4173550/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6c489956e98dc8c669926755527d4cd0)
![Pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike in Israeli jails [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-209000/209925/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=81c830e625d3721df6e6fbc63163d696)
!['Flytilla' activists demand the right to visit Palestine [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-197000/197385/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=f77da6d9824b8a1cc59f5d197dbabfcb "French police stand guard next to a gate at Charles-de-Gaulle airport, Paris July 8, 2011. A Hungarian airline stopped dozens of French activists heading for a pro-Palestinian \"fly-in\" in Israel from boarding a plane in Paris on Thursday: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes")