landside

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Inland; away from the sea.
2. adjective In the freely accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.

   I had to remain landside because I did not have a boarding card.

3. noun The flat bottom part of a plough.
4. noun The freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.

Similar words

landward inland interior onshore offshore inshore submaritime inlying overseas upshore

Often followed by

and of facilities to operations is access area terminal