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airport charge

airport charge

3.3
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
  • noun
translation icon : cargo aeroportuario
  • Travelers are often surprised by the high airport charge for using the parking facilities.

Examples

  • Rising airport charges have contributed to increased airfares for travelers.

  • Negotiations over the new airport charge structure took several months to conclude.

  • The airline had to pay a significant airport charge each time its planes landed in the city.

  • The airport charge for landing is quite high.

  • Many airlines include the airport charge in their ticket prices.

  • When booking their flights, passengers should be aware of the additional airport charge for baggage handling.

  • The airport charge includes fees for landing, take-off, and the use of terminal amenities.

Synonyms

charge
vsairport charge
755 2.3

An amount of money paid for a service

is that money when used for aircraft movements and passenger facilities
fee
vsairport charge
729 1.0

Money paid for a service or right

is money paid specifically for take-off, landing, parking, and passenger facility use
service fee
vsairport charge
3 2.7

An extra charge added to a bill to pay for staff help

is payment for take-off, landing, parking, and passenger facility use rather than hospitality

How Expensive

tax
∞ 1.0
charge
755 2.3
airport charge
3.3
fee
729 1.0
surcharge
31 5.5

Surface Forms

airport charge singular
airport charges plural

Morphology

airport + charge

The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'airport' (facility for flights and passenger services) with 'charge' (a fee). This noun+noun composition denotes a fee related to airport services—a common, cross-linguistically regular pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer.

Etymology

The noun airport charge comes from the simple idea that when a plane uses an airport, landing, parking and using gates, lights and staff, the airport asks for a charge, a 'fee' for that use, so today airport charge means the fee airlines pay for take-off, landing, parking and passenger services.