Airport terminal#Satellite terminals

A satellite or satellite terminal is an extension to an existing airport terminal. In contrast to a full-fledged terminal lacks all the " landside " terminal parts, ie the ticket counter check -in facilities and baggage reclaim carousels. Therefore, no landside access roads and car parks are needed. Most satellites are built in the middle of the airport apron; the passengers reach the building mostly by a small, subterranean gondola, called PTS. In the building itself, the waiting areas and passenger boarding bridges for convenient boarding are on the plane. Depending on the space and sanitary facilities and shopping facilities are housed.

On a satellite arriving passengers, who do not need a satellite dish also handled on the flight are first passed through PTS into the terminal, where necessary, then take place passport control and customs, to be forwarded either to their connecting flight or the baggage claim.

Examples

A typical satellite terminal is the midfield dock or dock to Zurich airport e. Another example is the T4 terminal to the satellite terminal T4S of Madrid- Barajas.

A special form of a "mini- satellite " can be found at Munich Airport. On the one associated to the terminal Apron West there are 12 so-called boarding station. The passengers will be transferred by bus from the terminal to the boarding station. Inside is an escalator, which is followed by the passenger boarding bridge.