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move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia location from which aircraft flight operations take place for other uses see aerodrome disambiguation airfield redirects here for the football stadium in wales see the airfield this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources aerodrome news newspapers books scholar jstor april 2008 learn how and when to remove this message airport diagram for london biggin hill an aerodrome airfield or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place regardless of whether they involve air cargo passengers or neither and regardless of whether it is for public or private use aerodromes include small general aviation airfields large commercial airports and military air bases the term airport may imply a certain stature having satisfied certain certification criteria or regulatory requirements that not all aerodromes have achieved that means that all airports are aerodromes but not all aerodromes are airports aerodrome and airfield are more common in commonwealth english and rare in american english where airport is applied almost exclusively a water aerodrome is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes floatplanes or amphibious aircraft for landing and taking off in formal terminology as defined by the international civil aviation organization icao an aerodrome is a defined area on land or water including any buildings installations and equipment intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival departure and surface movement of aircraft 1 etymology edit the word aerodrome derives from ancient greek ἀήρ aḗr air and δρόμος drómos road or course literally meaning air course an ancient linguistic parallel is hippodrome a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing derived from ἵππος híppos horse and δρόμος drómos course a modern linguistic parallel is velodrome an arena for velocipedes αεροδρόμιο is the word for airport in modern greek which transliterates as aerodromio in british military usage the royal flying corps in the first world war and the royal air force in the first and second world wars used the term it had the advantage that their french allies on whose soil they were often based and with whom they co operated used the cognate term aérodrome in canada 2 and australia 3 aerodrome is a legal term of art for any area of land or water used for aircraft operation regardless of facilities international civil aviation organization icao documents use the term aerodrome for example in the annex to the icao convention about aerodromes their physical characteristics and their operation however the terms airfield or airport mostly superseded citation needed use of aerodrome after the second world war in colloquial language 4 original research history edit an airfield traffic pattern in the early days of aviation when there were no paved runways and all landing fields were grass a typical airfield might permit takeoffs and landings in only a couple of directions much like today s airports whereas an aerodrome was distinguished by virtue of its much greater size by its ability to handle landings and takeoffs in any direction the ability to always take off and land directly into the wind regardless of the wind s direction was an important advantage in the earliest days of aviation when an aeroplane s performance in a crosswind takeoff or landing might be poor or even dangerous the development of differential braking in aircraft improved aircraft performance utilisation of paved runways and the fact that a circular aerodrome required much more space than did the l or triangle shaped airfield eventually made the early aerodromes obsolete the unimproved airfield remains a phenomenon in military aspects the dhc 4 caribou served in the united states military in vietnam designated as the cv 2 landing on rough unimproved airfields where the c 130 hercules workhorse could not operate earlier the ju 52 and fieseler storch could do the same one example of the latter taking off from the führerbunker whilst completely surrounded by soviet troops types edit airport edit aerial view of charles de gaulle airport paris main article airport in colloquial use in certain environments the terms airport and aerodrome are often interchanged however in general the term airport may imply or confer a certain stature upon the aviation facility that other aerodromes may not have achieved in some jurisdictions airport is a legal term of art reserved exclusively for those aerodromes certified or licensed as airports by the relevant civil aviation authority after meeting specified certification criteria or regulatory requirements 5 air base edit main article air base an air base is an aerodrome with significant facilities to support aircraft and crew the term is usually reserved for military bases but also applies to civil seaplane bases some airbases such as cfb comox comox airport are classified as joint use airports in that there are scheduled flights as well as military operations airstrip edit an airstrip is a small aerodrome that consists only of a runway with perhaps fuelling equipment 6 they are generally in remote locations e g airstrips in tanzania many airstrips now mostly abandoned were built on the hundreds of islands in the pacific ocean during the second world war a few airstrips grew to become full fledged airbases as the strategic or economic importance of a region increased over time an advanced landing ground was a temporary airstrip used by the allies in the run up to and during the invasion of normandy and these were built both in britain and on the continent airpark edit main article airpark an airpark or air park is a small aerodrome that is built to be used by private aircraft serving a business or residential lot a residential airpark is a fly in community specifically designed around an airport where the residents own aeroplanes which they park in their hangars usually attached to or integrated into their homes 7 8 altiport edit tenzing hillary airport or lukla airport nepal main article altiport an altiport is an aerodrome for small aircraft and helicopters situated on or within mountainous terrain altiports are generally characterised by having a runway with an atypical slope to fit in the local topography ultimately this slope helps aircraft decelerating when landing and assists acceleration during takeoff high altitude results in less lift available to aircraft wings which requires aircraft to achieve higher speed at takeoff and landing such airfields with unusual physical characteristics are frequent in regions such as the french alps 9 himalayan regions as well as pacific islands 10 11 heliport edit main article heliport a heliport is an aerodrome which has a helipad suitable for use by helicopters powered lift and various types of vertical lift aircraft designated heliports typically contain one or more touchdown and liftoff areas and may also have limited facilities such as fuel or hangars in some larger towns and cities customs facilities may also be available 12 the broader term vertiport refers to sites for all aircraft taking off and landing vertically 13 stolport edit main article stolport a stolport or stolport was an airport designed with stol short take off and landing operations in mind usually for an aircraft class of a certain weight and size a stolport usually has a short single runway generally shorter than 1 500 m 5 000 ft stolports are only usable by certain types of aircraft especially smaller propeller aircraft with performance compatible with the shorter runway length steeper approach and departure paths etc at individual stolports 14 water aerodrome edit a diagram of the hollis seaplane base located in hollis alaska a water aerodrome or seaplane base is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes floatplanes and amphibious aircraft for landing and taking off it may have a terminal building on land and or a place where the plane can come to shore and dock like a boat to load and unload for example yellowknife water aerodrome some are co located with a land based airport and are certified airports in their own right these include vancouver international water airport and vancouver international airport others such as vancouver harbour flight centre have their own control tower vancouver harbour control tower initially following the invention of the seaplane traditional boat docks were typically used as there was little need for purpose built facilities this would later change however as commercial seaplane operations proved financially viable leading many companies most notably pan american airways to push for the construction of seaplane bases that were optimised for such use these new seaplane bases often featured terminal buildings for passengers and cargo concrete ramps for amphibious aircraft and floating docks that connected to land seaplane bases would end up becoming very heavily utilised for commercial air traffic for a number of years but they eventually fell out of favour as land based aircraft rose in prominence advances in aircraft technology following world war ii resulted in the development of land based aircraft that were capable of travelling greater distances thus relegating seaplane bases to secondary use by about the 1950s although their commercial use has generally fallen out of the mainstream many seaplane bases in remote areas still have commercial service as a means of providing easier access other bases still exist for general aviation use as well 15 by country edit canada edit the canadian aeronautical information manual says for the most part all of canada can be an aerodrome however there are also registered aerodromes and certified airports to become a registered aerodrome the operator must maintain certain standards and keep the minister of transport informed of any changes to be certified as an airport the aerodrome which usually supports commercial operations must meet safety standards 2 nav canada the private company responsible for air traffic control services in canada publishes the canada flight supplement a directory of all registered canadian land aerodromes as well as the canada water aerodrome supplement cwas 16 republic of ireland edit casement aerodrome is the main military airport used by the irish air corps the term aerodrome is used for airports and airfields of lesser importance in ireland such as those at abbeyshrule bantry birr inisheer inishmaan inishmore newcastle county wicklow and trim gallery edit aerodromes sunrise at kyviškės airfield in vilnius lithuania cotswold airport in england pulkovo airport near saint petersburg russia yellowknife water aerodrome northwest territories canada soest bad sassendorf airfield near soest germany hahn air base near kirchberg rhein hunsrück kreis germany a private airstrip at what used to be raf knettishall see also edit aviation portal non towered airport spaceport tabletop runway wayport references edit international civil aviation organization icao documents annex 14 to the convention on international civil aviation chicago convention volume i aerodrome design and operations under definitions 1 2 transport canada aim aga 2 0 aerodromes and airports pdf archived from the original pdf on 26 november 2014 commonwealth consolidated acts compare airport airfield and aerodrome at google books ngram viewer canada flight supplement effective 0901 z 27 november 2025 to 0901z 22 january 2026 wragg david w 1974 a dictionary of aviation 1st american ed new york frederick fell inc p 29 isbn 0 85045 163 9 mendoza ana 28 august 2024 airpark communities a guide to aviation land retrieved 4 march 2025 definition of airpark collins english dictionary retrieved 4 march 2025 flying magazine november 1975 page 5 mountaintop altiport how a tiny sloping runway provides access to a legendary ski resort flexjet 3 october 2023 retrieved 4 march 2025 altiports enhancing air transport in challenging terrain helicopterforyou 6 november 2024 retrieved 4 march 2025 standard 325 heliports canadian aviation regulations cars tc canada ca transport canada 25 september 2015 retrieved 4 march 2025 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link what is a heliport globeair retrieved 4 march 2025 national academies of sciences engineering and medicine transportation research board airport cooperative research program mallela jagannath wheeler paul le bris gaël nguyen loup giang 2023 urban air mobility an airport perspective washington d c the national academies press doi 10 17226 26899 isbn 978 0 309 49804 3 practices in preserving and developing public use seaplane bases washington d c the national academies press 2015 p 8 doi 10 17226 22148 isbn 978 0 309 27187 5 cwas description external links edit look up aerodrome airstrip airfield airport or 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