A military or civilian airport, especially a smaller landing field designed for aircraft; commonly used in British English.
From 'aero-' (air) combined with 'drome' (from Greek dromos, meaning running or course). Created in early aviation to describe dedicated flying fields, still standard in British and Commonwealth English.
The word 'aerodrome' shows how British English and American English split on aviation terminology—while Americans settled on 'airfield' or 'airport,' the British stuck with 'aerodrome,' making it one of the last survivors of a whole class of aero- compounds.
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