airside

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.

You can relax, or catch up with work, safe in the knowledge that it’s just a few yards to the gate, assuming the lounge is “airside” (not “landside”).

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

You have to go through security to go airside.

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.

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