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aeroquay
[aero- + quay]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an airport building comprising administrative and operational offices, restaurant, etc. with departure and arrival areas.
Quotations
1958
The terminal facilities . . . consist of a central structure for administrative and operational offices and four circular buildings or aeroquays from which passengers will board and disembark from aircraft. The aeroquays will be circular self-contained buildings from which several aircraft can be loaded and unloaded simultaneously.
1964
Out of this came what the architects call an aeroquay. It's a multi-storied building within a building, looking like a two-storey ship's wheel with six spokes and an eight-storey rectangular building as its hub.