What to do when you arrive at airport?

Answer 1

Once you arrive, you either taxi in or are dropped off or you park your car and have a shuttle bus take you to the airport. Airports are broken into sections called terminals. You go to the terminal that has the airline you are flying and check-in. Often your ID is checked by the check in agent and your baggage is weighed and sent off to the plane and to be screened.

You then go to the security area, here is different in different countries, but in the USA (where I am) you must remove shoes and place in a plastic bin, put your laptop in a separate plastic bin also, you stand in line and when it is your turn, your bin goes through an XRAY machine and someone scans it. They then have you walk through a machine of some sort that detects for metal or other powders depending on the machine. You must also show the security agent your identification before entering the line as well as your plane ticket.

Once you have passed security you can head to the area you need to wait, or if you have a lot of extra time most airports have food courts or shops to look through. Once it is time for you to board the plane, you must be in that area of the gate. Each entryway to a plane is called a gate and they are usually a combination of numbers and letters such as (B5). Depending on your airport and airline, you do need to be at the gate waiting area 30 minutes before it is time for your flight.

Depending on the airline, you may be called in sections or all at once, etc. You will hand your ticket to someone at the gate you will scan it and you continue on through the jetway (that connects the airport to the plane) and find your seat in the plane. If there is no jetway, you may have to take a shuttle bus outside of the gate to your plane or even walk outside out of the gate onto the plane.

Answer 2

Find the check-in desk for your airline. Join the line. Check in, give them your passport and your ticket. Give them your luggage. Make sure you know the weight restrictions. Make sure it is labelled. Keep the boarding card and the luggage receipt. Get your passport. Go through security. Take off your belt and watch and shoes. Leave all metal objects in the tray. Be nice to the staff. Check you have got all your stuff. Go through passport control. Show passport and ticket. Find your gate. Sit down, wait to be called. Keep your passport and your ticket handy at all times. When you board, put your luggage in the rack and sit down quickly. Fasten your seat-belt and turn off your mobile phone. Listen to the lady who explains the emergency procedures. Now relax. You have made it! Enjoy your flight.

Answer 3

• Read a book or a magazine
• Use the "random article" button on wikipedia and try to navigate to Kevin Bacons wikipedia page within 7 clicks.
• Knit a sweater
• Plan your retirement
• Call Mom
• Call Dad
• Write a letter to your X, leave it on an empty seat, and watch whoever reads it.
• Ponder the sound of one hand clapping
• Buy a cup of coffee for someone who needs it.
• Learn the harmonica
• Double check your car rental and hotel reservations at your destination
• Ask the person next to you what they do for a living or if they have any pictures of their kids to show you.
• See how many obscenities you can fit into the NYT crossword
• Write fictional backstories for the various people you see around you.
• Pick a subject and draw their portrait. Sign it and give it to them, bonus points for pretending to be a famous artist.
• Check on your investments.
• Talk to your kids about drugs
• Check the expiration dates on your contraceptives
• Factor your social security number into primes.
• Solve Hilberts Tenth Problem
• Pick a book or movie and write a new ending for it.
• Make a list of your greatest accomplishments, and think about how you did them.
• Make a list of your greatest failures, and think about what went wrong.
• Ask the locals what there is to see in the area, take a cab and go see it.
• See if you can find the pilots lounge (there's big comfy leather chairs in there)
• FBO girls are cute! (or line guys are lonesome, whichever you prefer)
• Teach your neighbor a card game, or have them teach you one.
• See how far you can roll a penny down the hallway
• Paper airplanes!
• Think of all the good times you'll have when you get there (or all the good times you had while you were gone)
• Call Aunt Shirly, she'd love to hear from you.
• Find things to stack, and stack them.
• See how many songs you can remember the words to.
• Find an outlet and charge up your phone, laptop, shaver, gps, iPod, etc etc
• Answer questions on wikianswers.com!

Answer 4

The Gate