page_title: Aerodrome
section_title: Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Aerodrome / Types / Airport
caption_attribution_description: Feuerwehr, Windsack, Tankstelle - Flugplatz_Soest-Bad_Sassendorf.
context_page_description: An aerodrome or airdrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields, large commercial airports, and military air bases.
  The term airport may imply a certain stature that not all aerodromes may have achieved. That means that all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports. Usage of the term "aerodrome" remains more common in Ireland and Commonwealth nations, and is conversely almost unknown in American English; with the term airport being almost exclusively applied.
  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, an aerodrome is "A defined area on land or water intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure, and surface movement of aircraft."
context_section_description: 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 national aviation authority after meeting specified certification criteria or regulatory requirements.
caption: Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield near Soest, Germany
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