Airport Journey Word Search

About this puzzle

The vocabulary of a trip by air, roughly in the order you meet it: the itinerary and ticket you book, the passport and boarding pass you carry, the suitcase you check and the carry-on you keep, the terminal and gate, the runway and the pilot — and at the other end, customs, or perhaps a layover before the next flight. It is a handy list for a geography lesson, an English class about travel or a family about to fly.

The default layout is Medium on a 13×13 grid. Easy, Medium and Hard each use their own checked layout of the same words, and every one can be printed in standard or large print on US Letter or A4.

Word notes

Passport

An official travel document; many countries require it to stay valid for some months beyond your travel dates.

Boarding Pass

Shows your seat, gate and boarding time; many airlines now issue it on a phone.

Runway

Runways are numbered by compass direction: runway 27 points roughly west, at about 270 degrees.

Customs

Where goods brought into a country are checked.

Itinerary

The plan of a trip: flights, times, connections and places to stay.

Layover

A stop between connecting flights.

Try this after the puzzle

Role-play a trip: write the words on cards and ask solvers to line them up in the order a traveller meets them, from ITINERARY to CUSTOMS. Language learners can practice airport questions such as "Where is gate twelve?" and "Is this my boarding pass?"

All 14 words

Passport · Boarding Pass · Luggage · Terminal · Gate · Runway · Pilot · Customs · Itinerary · Layover · Suitcase · Ticket · Carry On · Departure