airside

English

Etymology

From air +‎ side.

Adjective

airside (not comparable)

1. In the passenger-only area of an airport, beyond security, passport and immigration, and customs controls.

   When I was airside, I browsed the duty-free shops.

Adverb

airside (not comparable)

1. Into the passenger-only area of an airport, beyond security, passport and immigration, and customs controls.
   • 2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Something Inside So Strong”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 106:

     All went well for the first twenty minutes – women stepped through the metal detector and she and Alison rubbed down passengers who set it off to make sure they were not carrying items of threat airside and onto aircraft.

   You have to go through security to go airside.

Noun

airside (plural airsides)

1. A passenger-only area of an airport, beyond security, passport and immigration, and customs controls.

Antonyms

• landside

Translations

Passenger-only area in an airport

• Russian: чи́стая зо́на f (čístaja zóna), стери́льная зо́на f (sterílʹnaja zóna)

Anagrams

• dairies, diaries, diarise