airdrome

9.3

A place where planes take off and land that has a control tower and buildings for passengers and cargo

noun
/ˈɛərdroʊm/

Archaic

: aeródromo

Sorry that there were no pictures of the invasion of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, of which I was a part with the 306 Airdrome Squadron, Fifth Air Force.

Examples

We could go after their airdrome.

Red Tails (2012)
It is not the ports or the airdromes. Colonialism has settled itself in the very center of the individual and has undertaken a sustained work of cleanup, of expulsion of self, and of rationally pursued mutilation.

Academic text (2003)
The pilot landed safely at the airdrome after a long flight.
Passengers waited in the terminal at the airdrome for their flight to depart.
The airdrome was bustling with activity as planes took off and landed.

Synonyms

airport

vsairdrome

∞ 1.0

A place where planes take off and land and people get on and off them

is used for equipped airfields regardless of regular scheduled services

airfield

vsairdrome

79 3.8

An area of land where planes take off and land without full airport services

is always described as equipped with control towers, hangars, and passenger facilities

aerodrome

vsairdrome

1 8.4

An airport with a runway, control tower, and hangars for planes

is the same in meaning but is an alternate term form

drome

vsairdrome

1 9.9

A place like a small airport with a control tower, hangars, and areas for passengers and cargo

is the same in meaning but is an alternate term form

Surface Forms

airdrome singular

airdromes plural

Morphology

airdrome = air (semi-transparent) = air + drome

The element 'air' is clear, but the combining form '-drome' is uncommon for learners, so the precise meaning 'airfield' may not be fully predictable.

Etymology

Airdrome is made of air and drome, where drome comes from an old Greek word meaning 'a place to run'. So an airdrome is like an 'airport', a place where planes land, take off and move on the ground, with buildings for passengers and cargo.