Minimizing temperature excursions is a core objective in air cargo logistics, especially for pharmaceutical shipments—and tarmac exposure time measures exactly this: the minutes or hours a container or pallet spends on the airport apron (airside) in the open air before transfer to the aircraft or a temperature-controlled facility.
Source: https://www.iata.org
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