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Boarding time

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

nounCore term

In travel & airport english, boarding time means: The time when passengers start getting on the plane, often 30 to 45 minutes before departure and printed on the boarding pass.

In Turkish: biniş saati

How it is used

Not the same as departure time: the plane leaves later. Passengers are expected at the gate by boarding time, and the gate closes soon after. On large planes boarding may happen in groups or zones.

Example sentences

  1. Boarding time is 7:15, but the flight doesn't leave until 7:50.

  2. Please be at the gate by boarding time; the gate closes 20 minutes before departure.

Common collocations

  • boarding starts at
  • be at the gate by boarding time
  • departure time
  • boarding group
  • boardTo get on a plane, ship, train or bus at the start of a journey; at airports it also describes the time when passengers are let on.
  • gateThe numbered area in an airport terminal where passengers wait and then walk or take a bus to board their plane.
  • boarding passA card or mobile document you get after check-in that shows your name, flight, gate, seat and boarding time and lets you get on the plane.
  • final callThe last announcement asking passengers for a flight to go to the gate immediately because boarding is about to end.

More terms: Boarding & On the Plane

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