- on the surface of the airport, there are Runways for landing and taking off aircraft.
- At night they are lighted by runway lights.
- white lights along sides of the runway are used to mark the width and length of the runway.
- there are also approach lights used to lead the aircraft towards the runway and threshold lights which mark the beginning of the runway.
- taxiways are also lighted with blue lights to help aircraft taxiing to and from the runways.
- At the end of runways, there are stop-ways and turn-around areas.
- there are parking aprons where the planes are loaded and unloaded and where passengers embark and disembark.