Education World (TM) - Lesson Planning Skills Page: Read an Airport Map

Read an Airport Map

DIRECTIONS: Study the map of Memphis International airport at http://www.mscaa.com/?q=shop/map. Use the map to answer these questions.

1. Find Terminal A on the map of Memphis International Airport. Count the gates in Terminal A. How many gates are there? ________________

2. Does Terminal A have more gates, fewer gates, or the same number of gates as Terminal C? _______________

3. Which terminal -- A, B, or C -- has the most gates? _______________

4. Does a moving walkway connect the ticketing area to Terminal A or to Terminal B? _______________

5. How many ATM machines are in the airport? _______________

6. Which gate is closer to the ticketing area -- Gate A17 or Gate C22? ________________

7. Your plane has just arrived at Gate B38. You must catch a connecting flight at Gate C18. Which gate will you pass by on your way to meet your connecting flight -- Gate B6 or Gate C9? _______________

8. How many international gates are in the three terminals? _______________

9. You just arrived at Gate B29. You must catch a connecting flight at Gate A9. Which of these gates will you pass on your way to meet that flight -- Gate A13 or Gate B16? _______________

10. Which terminal is shaped like an upside-down letter "Y"? _______________

BONUS. Notice that there is no Gate 13 in Terminal A, B, or C. Why, do you think, might that be?