{"id":63284,"date":"2017-07-28T18:18:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T18:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:27:07","slug":"ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/glossary\/ramp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ramp is a dedicated space at an airport (either the home airport or alternate airport) that acts as a parking pad for an aircraft. The ramp is typically paved and leased by a particular company for storing, holding, and tying down their aircraft. Some people refer to ramps as an apron. Both terms are interchangeable and are typically correct. Some even refer to a ramp as a hangar; however, a ramp does not exist under a closed structure. It is simply an open, paved area. Planes transition from the taxiway to parking and vice versa in this space.<\/p>\n<h2>A Ramp\u2019s Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>The ramp is generally home to pre-flight activities. This can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loading and unloading cargo and passengers onboard<\/li>\n<li>Refuelling<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning<\/li>\n<li>Restocking supplies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the U.S., it\u2019s not uncommon for the ramp to serve as a parking space. It\u2019s also the area where repairs and maintenance are performed.<\/p>\n<h2>Locations Around the World<\/h2>\n<p>Ramps exist at all kinds of airports around the world. A commercial aircraft will typically own or lease a ramp at their home airport as they don\u2019t spend enough time at alternate airports to require a ramp elsewhere. Flight schools and colleges will also lease a ramp to reduce the fees associated with tie-downs, landing fees, and fuel costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ramp is a dedicated space at an airport (either the home airport or alternate airport) that acts as a parking pad for an aircraft.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1402],"tags":[978],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88981,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63284\/revisions\/88981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stratosjets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}